American Water Suffers Network Disruptions After Cyberattack

American Water, the largest publicly traded water utility in the US serving over 14 million customers, discovered unauthorized activity in its networks on Oct. 3 and took systems offline; its public website, MyWater customer portal, and telephone systems experienced outages. The company activated incident-response plans, engaged third-party cybersecurity experts, and is investigating with law enforcement; the filing indicates water and wastewater operations have not been impacted to date though the full effect remains undetermined.