A wave of suspected Iranian cyberattacks against U.S. water utilities is exposing long-standing vulnerabilities across one of the country's most critical infrastructure sectors, renewing warnings that thousands of local systems remain dangerously easy targets for foreign hackers.
At least a dozen states have been affected by the recent campaign, including Minnesota, where at least 30 water systems were targeted, according to a Washington Post report. U.S. intelligence officials believe hackers linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are behind the attacks, though the government has not formally attributed the campaign.
