[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-cisa-says-hackers-hit-over-100-us-water-systems-in-july":10,"sections":34},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":24,"tags":25,"sources":29,"feedback":33,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":33,"total_tokens":33},5879,"cisa-says-hackers-hit-over-100-us-water-systems-in-july","CISA Says Hackers Hit Over 100 US Water Systems in July","Hackers exploited exposed industrial controllers at over 100 US water utilities, triggering lockouts, IP changes, and boil-water notices in July.","Someone spent July quietly testing the locks on more than 100 US water utilities, and CISA just told everyone how they got in.\n\nCISA says hackers targeted more than 100 internet-exposed programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in the Water and Wastewater Systems sector during July 2026 alone. PLCs are the industrial computers that regulate physical equipment like pumps and valves at treatment plants. In these intrusions, attackers changed operator passwords to lock out staff and reassigned the PLCs' IP addresses, cutting off remote access. The result: forced manual operations at some facilities and at least a few boil-water notices.\n\nCISA has not attributed the campaign, but other reporting points to a suspected Iranian state-linked group active across at least a dozen states, with the July activity described as a test run for something larger. Whether or not that bigger campaign materializes, the immediate lesson is less about a sophisticated adversary and more about how many small water utilities still leave core control systems reachable from the open internet.\n\nCISA's advice amounts to unplugging the front door: take the PLCs off the internet. That such basic advice still needs repeating is its own kind of indictment.","[\"security\",\"critical-infrastructure\",\"water-systems\",\"iran\"]","2026-08-27T13:20:00.000Z","2026-08-27T14:36:46.579Z","2026-08-27T14:36:58.535Z","published",null,[],"security",[24,26,27,28],"critical-infrastructure","water-systems","iran",[30],{"name":31,"url":32},"TechRadar","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.techradar.com\u002Fpro\u002Fsecurity\u002Fcisa-says-over-100-us-water-systems-were-targeted-in-july-2026-alone",0,{"sections":35},[36,41,45,50,55,60,65,70,75,80,85,90,95,100],{"name":37,"slug":38,"count":39,"latest_published_at":40},"AI","ai",3335,"2026-08-27T06:32:51.000Z",{"name":42,"slug":24,"count":43,"latest_published_at":44},"Security",491,"2026-08-27T14:27:52.000Z",{"name":46,"slug":47,"count":48,"latest_published_at":49},"Policy","policy",229,"2026-08-27T14:50:00.000Z",{"name":51,"slug":52,"count":53,"latest_published_at":54},"Deals","deals",179,"2026-06-29T20:02:07.000Z",{"name":56,"slug":57,"count":58,"latest_published_at":59},"Hardware","hardware",147,"2026-08-27T09:13:54.000Z",{"name":61,"slug":62,"count":63,"latest_published_at":64},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",95,"2026-08-18T16:05:00.000Z",{"name":66,"slug":67,"count":68,"latest_published_at":69},"Science","science",91,"2026-08-20T10:01:48.000Z",{"name":71,"slug":72,"count":73,"latest_published_at":74},"Software","software",73,"2026-08-18T07:51:50.000Z",{"name":76,"slug":77,"count":78,"latest_published_at":79},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",69,"2026-08-18T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":81,"slug":82,"count":83,"latest_published_at":84},"Startups","startups",52,"2026-08-25T18:55:12.000Z",{"name":86,"slug":87,"count":88,"latest_published_at":89},"Gaming","gaming",41,"2026-07-09T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":91,"slug":92,"count":93,"latest_published_at":94},"General","general",33,"2026-08-18T22:18:13.000Z",{"name":96,"slug":97,"count":98,"latest_published_at":99},"Reviews","reviews",20,"2026-06-24T12:00:01.000Z",{"name":101,"slug":102,"count":103,"latest_published_at":104},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]