"According to Armis' recent report, Warfare Without Borders: AI's Role in the New Age of Cyberwarfare, 87% of IT leaders are concerned about the impact of cyberwarfare on their organizations. The notorious Chinese-linked Volt Typhoon has been targeting critical infrastructure, including Littleton Electric, Light, and Water Departments, for months. In 2023, Iranian hackers compromised a water treatment plant in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. In 2024, American Water, the largest water utility in America, was targeted by a ransomware attack that caused a real-world service outage."
"According to CISA's Foundations for OT Cybersecurity: Asset Inventory Guidance for Owners and Operators, threat actors exploit vulnerabilities in unpatched systems and weak authentication controls to gain access to operational technology (OT) systems. Insufficient network segmentation and exposed remote access points enable lateral movement between systems. But the root cause of these risks is a lack of visibility into the assets themselves and their behavior."
Cyberattacks against the water and wastewater industry have increased, with nation-state actors posing elevated threats and 87% of IT leaders concerned about cyberwarfare impacts. Chinese-linked Volt Typhoon has targeted critical infrastructure, Iranian hackers compromised a water treatment plant in 2023, and a 2024 ransomware attack on American Water caused real-world outages. CISA identifies unpatched systems, weak authentication, poor network segmentation, and exposed remote access as common exploit paths. The primary vulnerability stems from insufficient visibility into OT assets and their behavior. Developing and maintaining asset inventories and OT taxonomies enables prioritization and forms the foundation for continuous threat exposure management.
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