The Rising Tide of Water Utility Cyber Threats: How Dragos Shields Water Systems

Water and wastewater systems face rising cyber risk: Dragos documents a November 2023 hacktivist intrusion (CyberAv3ngers) that compromised PLCs across North America, Europe, and Australia—causing at least one community’s water service outage for two days—and highlights VOLTZITE/Volt Typhoon activity, pervasive OT/IT vulnerabilities (notably in PLCs, VFDs, VPNs, and remote access), and common TTPs; the report concludes with a Dragos case study showing how improved OT visibility, prioritized remediation, and incident response reduced operational risk.