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“Disabling cyberattacks” are hitting critical US water systems, White House warns | Biden administration rallies nation's governors to security facilities in their states.
Biden administration rallies nation's governors to security facilities in their states.
“Disabling cyberattacks are striking water and wastewater systems throughout the United States,” Jake Sullivan, assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and Michael S. Regan, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, wrote in a letter. Officials said that a hacking group backed by the Chinese government and tracked under the name Volt Typhoon was maintaining a foothold inside the networks of multiple critical infrastructure organizations, including those in communications, energy, transportation, and water and wastewater sectors. “Drinking water and wastewater systems are an attractive target for cyberattacks because they are a lifeline critical infrastructure sector but often lack the resources and technical capacity to adopt rigorous cybersecurity practices,” Sullivan and Regan wrote in Tuesday’s letter.
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