Local Water Utilities Are Under Cyber Attack. A New Group Wants to Help

Hackers come to the rescue for public water systems after cyberattacks

Cybersecurity experts unveil national security program that ‘only the hacker community’ could come up with after latest attacks

The resource we take for granted until it is gone

The recent cyberattacks targeting municipal water systems should serve as a wake-up call.

Local water utilities are under cyber attack. A new group wants to help

The National Rural Water Association and DEF CON Franklin are coordinating the development of a replicable cybersecurity package for water providers.

DEF CON hackers add new muscle to water utility protection

DEF CON hackers expanded their efforts to provide free cyber-defenses to rural water systems in the US to include managed detection and response providers, digital twins, and AI agents. On Friday, at the annual hacker’s conference, DEF CON Franklin and the National Rural Water Association (NRWA) announced a new program called the Water Watch Center. It will initially fund five providers - Defendify, Legato Security, L1 Secure, Rapid7, and Sentin…

Wisconsin water utilities at risk from cyberattack wave sweeping the country

Leaders in cybersecurity and rural water systems said that local providers have few resources to defend against attacks. The post Wisconsin water utilities at risk from cyberattack wave sweeping the country appeared first on WPR.

Civil-society initiative will pay cybersecurity vendors to protect rural water systems

The group is seeking philanthropic grants, but its founder said the federal government ultimately needs to step in.