EPA Puts Teeth Into Water Sector Cyber Efforts
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STIX ID: report--9406629d-98d3-5df3-b4c1-285d3230db8f
Feed Name: Dark Reading
Date Published: 2024-05-21
Date Updated: 2026-04-21
Author: Tara Seals, Managing Editor, News, Dark Reading
The EPA warns that nearly 70% of U.S. community drinking water systems are noncompliant with cybersecurity standards, citing increased attacks from nation-state actors (notably Russia and Iran) and specific incidents such as an attack by CyberAv3ngers; the alert lists common vulnerabilities (default credentials, single logins, lack of OT/IT inventories) and outlines EPA/CISA actions, guidance, inspections, funding, and enforcement to improve water-sector cyber resilience.
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