The EPA said many U.S. water systems have 'cybersecurity vulnerabilities, such as default passwords that have not been updated.'
The Environmental Protection Agency issued an enforcement alert Monday urging water utility systems to take immediate actions to protect the nation's drinking water from cyberattacks.According to the EPA, recent federal inspections revealed that 70 percent of U.S. water systems inspected do not fully comply with requirements in the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Monday's alert follows a warning in March over concerns about potential cyberattacks against U.S. water systems.The March letter, sent by the White House and the EPA to all 50 U.S. governors, noted that threat actors affiliated with the Iranian Government Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have executed several 'malicious cyberattacks' against U.S. infrastructure, such as drinking water systems.
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