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What we know about the alleged Iranian hacks on US water utilities

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Feed Name: TechCrunch Security News

Threat Score
85/100

Date Published: 2026-08-14

Date Updated: 2026-08-19

Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

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Since late July, multiple U.S. water utilities across at least seven states (including a large cluster in Minnesota) were hit by coordinated cyberattacks that degraded operations and caused temporary shutdowns, pressure loss, and local boil-water advisories; U.S. agencies and WaterISAC view the pattern as aligned with prior CISA warnings about Iranian actors, but formal public attribution remains unconfirmed.

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