More than 30 Minnesota water systems were hit in one coordinated cyber attack. Within days, the Five Eyes told critical infrastructure operators to be ready to pull the plug.  Thirty water systems in two days  Over two days in late July, a coordinated cyber attack hit more than 30 community water systems across Minnesota. The treatment plant in Braham went offline. Plymouth lost cellular communications to two water towers and its wastewater lift stations. Maple Plain declared a local state of emergency. Early reporting points to internet-exposed programmable logic controllers (PLCs) as the way in, and investigators are examining links to Iranian affiliated activity. […]

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