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American Water warns of billing outages after finding hackers in its systems
The company said it discovered “unauthorized activity” within its networks on October 3 and promptly moved to disconnect affected systems.
U.S. public utility giant American Water says it has disconnected some of its systems after discovering that hackers breached its internal networks last week. “In an effort to protect our customers’ data and to prevent any further harm to our environment, we disconnected or deactivated certain systems,” Ruben E. Rodriguez, a spokesperson for American Water, told TechCrunch in a statement. In some cases, the China-backed hackers have maintained access to these networks for “at least five years,” with the aim of disrupting operational technology in the event of a major conflict or crisis between the United States and China.
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