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Wednesday, May 22, 2024

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued an enforcement alert outlining the urgent cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities to community drinking water systems and the steps these systems need to take to comply with the Safe Drinking Water Act. The alert is part of a government-wide effort - led by the National Security Council and the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - to reduce the nation's infrastructure and cybersecurity vulnerabilities. EPA is issuing this alert because threats to, and attacks on, the nation's water system have increased in frequency and severity to a point where additional action is critical.

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... The agency's "enforcement alert" said that recent inspections of water systems found that more than 70 percent fail to meet basic cybersecurity standards, including some with "critical" vulnerabilities, such as relying on default passwords that haven't been updated and single logins that "can easily be compromised."

The notice comes after a Russian hacktivist group claimed credit for digital assaults on water sites in Texas and Indiana. Late last year, Iran-linked Cyber Av3ngers group took responsibility for striking a water authority in Pennsylvania.

"Given the vulnerabilities and attacks on systems, EPA also will increase the number" of inspections of community water systems that "focus on cybersecurity," the agency warned. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-22 02:07 AM | Reply

GOP: Federal regulation bad. Who cares about good drinking water?

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#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-22 02:08 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

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