Water system cyberattacks spread to Georgia, Michigan amid US-Iran conflict
Iran-backed hackers are the leading suspects, although the bureau has not publicly attributed the campaign.Officials in both states told journalists over the weekend that water facilities had detected activity consistent with the attacks on more than 30 Minnesota sites last week. Neither state reported operational disruption.Nine Michigan water systems reported hostile cyber activity to the state's Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Department communications director Dale George said the state received "a small number" of reports consistent with the activity seen in Minnesota, but no public health consequences followed.
- ▪Iran-backed hackers are the leading suspects, although the bureau has not publicly attributed the campaign.Officials in both states told journalists over the weekend that water facilities had detected activity consistent with the attacks on
- ▪Neither state reported operational disruption.Nine Michigan water systems reported hostile cyber activity to the state's Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy.
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