water utilities

Hackers Silenced The Water Alarms. Insurers Are Being Asked To Fix It.

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Attackers did not just lock operators out. Federal guidance says they learned to disable the alarms that warn something is wrong. A proposal wants underwriters to enforce a standard of care that courts already struck down once. Attackers spent late July inside the control systems of American water utilities. They changed IP addresses. They set … Read more

American Water Won’t Discuss Cyber Insurance as Huge Utility Recovers from Cyber Attack; Hack Follows USG Warnings About Threats to Water Utilities

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The “largest regulated water and wastewater utility company” in the United States, American Water, is recovering from a cyber attack that forced it to pause billing services for its 14 million customers. While the company says it’s retained 3rd-party cyber experts to help with the response, a spokesman declined to respond to Cyber Insurance News‘ … Read more

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