Tag Archive for: Cyber Security

How Cyber Criminals Target U.S. Water Plants

The Environmental Protection Agency is urging water systems to take immediate actions to protect the nation’s drinking water from cyberattacks. CBS News homeland security and justice reporter Nicole Sganga joins to discuss.

EPA Says It Will Step Up Cyber Regulation of Water Systems Amid Increase in Cyberattacks

The US Environmental Protection Agency is stepping up inspections of water facilities that may be vulnerable to cyberattacks, the agency said Monday, citing an increase “in frequency and severity” of cyberattacks on the nation’s water plants.

US Officials Find Weak Security Practices at Water Plants Breached By Pro-Russia Hackers

Pro-Russia hackers have exploited shoddy security practices at multiple US water plants in recent cyberattacks that have hit a wider swathe of victims than was previously documented, according to an advisory by US federal agencies obtained by CNN.