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CISA warns of cyberattacks disrupting U.S. water utilities

·Source: BleepingComputer

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Executive Summary

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning of a significant increase in attacks targeting internet-exposed programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in the water and wastewater systems sector. [...]

Analysis

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning of a significant increase in attacks targeting internet-exposed programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in the water and wastewater systems sector. [...]
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Originally published by BleepingComputer on Jul 31, 2026.

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