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Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities

Water systems and emergency services across the US face escalating cyber threats from state-sponsored actors and inadequate network security practices.

3 stories · since Jul 31

Combined activity · last 10 days peak 11/2h

Peak 11 items in one 2h at Aug 8, 6 PM; 35 items over 10 days Jul 31, 6 AM — 1 itemJul 31, 8 AM — no itemsJul 31, 10 AM — no itemsJul 31, 12 PM — no itemsJul 31, 2 PM — no itemsJul 31, 4 PM — 1 itemJul 31, 6 PM — no itemsJul 31, 8 PM — no itemsJul 31, 10 PM — no itemsAug 1, 12 AM — no itemsAug 1, 2 AM — no itemsAug 1, 4 AM — no itemsAug 1, 6 AM — no itemsAug 1, 8 AM — no itemsAug 1, 10 AM — 1 itemAug 1, 12 PM — no itemsAug 1, 2 PM — no itemsAug 1, 4 PM — no itemsAug 1, 6 PM — no itemsAug 1, 8 PM — no itemsAug 1, 10 PM — no itemsAug 2, 12 AM — no itemsAug 2, 2 AM — no itemsAug 2, 4 AM — no itemsAug 2, 6 AM — no itemsAug 2, 8 AM — no itemsAug 2, 10 AM — no itemsAug 2, 12 PM — no itemsAug 2, 2 PM — no itemsAug 2, 4 PM — no itemsAug 2, 6 PM — no itemsAug 2, 8 PM — no itemsAug 2, 10 PM — no itemsAug 3, 12 AM — no itemsAug 3, 2 AM — no itemsAug 3, 4 AM — no itemsAug 3, 6 AM — no itemsAug 3, 8 AM — no itemsAug 3, 10 AM — no itemsAug 3, 12 PM — no itemsAug 3, 2 PM — no itemsAug 3, 4 PM — no itemsAug 3, 6 PM — no itemsAug 3, 8 PM — no itemsAug 3, 10 PM — no itemsAug 4, 12 AM — no itemsAug 4, 2 AM — no itemsAug 4, 4 AM — no itemsAug 4, 6 AM — no itemsAug 4, 8 AM — no itemsAug 4, 10 AM — no itemsAug 4, 12 PM — 1 itemAug 4, 2 PM — 1 itemAug 4, 4 PM — no itemsAug 4, 6 PM — no itemsAug 4, 8 PM — no itemsAug 4, 10 PM — no itemsAug 5, 12 AM — no itemsAug 5, 2 AM — no itemsAug 5, 4 AM — no itemsAug 5, 6 AM — no itemsAug 5, 8 AM — no itemsAug 5, 10 AM — no itemsAug 5, 12 PM — no itemsAug 5, 2 PM — no itemsAug 5, 4 PM — no itemsAug 5, 6 PM — no itemsAug 5, 8 PM — no itemsAug 5, 10 PM — no itemsAug 6, 12 AM — no itemsAug 6, 2 AM — no itemsAug 6, 4 AM — no itemsAug 6, 6 AM — no itemsAug 6, 8 AM — no itemsAug 6, 10 AM — 1 itemAug 6, 12 PM — no itemsAug 6, 2 PM — no itemsAug 6, 4 PM — 1 itemAug 6, 6 PM — no itemsAug 6, 8 PM — no itemsAug 6, 10 PM — no itemsAug 7, 12 AM — no itemsAug 7, 2 AM — no itemsAug 7, 4 AM — no itemsAug 7, 6 AM — no itemsAug 7, 8 AM — no itemsAug 7, 10 AM — no itemsAug 7, 12 PM — no itemsAug 7, 2 PM — 1 itemAug 7, 4 PM — 7 itemsAug 7, 6 PM — 3 itemsAug 7, 8 PM — no itemsAug 7, 10 PM — 1 itemAug 8, 12 AM — 1 itemAug 8, 2 AM — no itemsAug 8, 4 AM — no itemsAug 8, 6 AM — 1 itemAug 8, 8 AM — no itemsAug 8, 10 AM — no itemsAug 8, 12 PM — no itemsAug 8, 2 PM — no itemsAug 8, 4 PM — no itemsAug 8, 6 PM — 11 itemsAug 8, 8 PM — no itemsAug 8, 10 PM — no itemsAug 9, 12 AM — no itemsAug 9, 2 AM — no itemsAug 9, 4 AM — no itemsAug 9, 6 AM — no itemsAug 9, 8 AM — no itemsAug 9, 10 AM — 1 itemAug 9, 12 PM — 1 itemAug 9, 2 PM — 1 itemAug 9, 4 PM — no itemsAug 9, 6 PM — no itemsAug 9, 8 PM — no items 11 items · 6 PM
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How the narrative developed 3 stories

  1. Aug 8
  2. SecurityRunning 20h

    Suisun City declares emergency after cyberattack disables 911 dispatch

    A northern California municipality of 30,000 disconnected its entire computer network after a malicious cyberattack knocked out emergency services.

    Peak 11 items in one 5h at Aug 8, 2 PM; 13 items over 10 days 13 items0 engagement2 sources
  3. Aug 7
  4. Running 10h

    Water system controllers don't belong on the internet, says ex-NSA chief

    Peak 5 items in one 5h at Aug 7, 1 PM; 10 items over 10 days 10 items251 engagement2 sources
  5. Jul 31
  6. SecurityRunning 9d

    Suspected Iran-linked hackers hit US water utilities across a dozen states

    FBI, EPA and CISA warn of an expanding cyberattack campaign against municipal water systems as Trump and Minnesota's governor trade blame.

    Peak 1 item in one 5h at Aug 1, 7 AM; 12 items over 10 days 12 items896 engagement4 sources