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The largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States announced Monday that it was the victim of a cyberattack, prompting the firm to pause billing to customers. New ...
American Water Works — among the nation's biggest water utilities — is restarting systems shut down a week ago after being hacked. The Camden, New Jersey-based supplier of drinking water and ...
American Water has restored its billing operations that were paused following a cyberattack earlier this month. American Water restores its billing operations following cyberattack Skip to main ...
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A cyberattack continues to affect the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States, renewing a focus on the importance of protecting critical infrastructure sites. New Jersey-based American Water paused billing to customers as it announced the cyberattack on Monday. It said it became aware of ...
New Jersey-based American Water — which provides services to more than 14 million people in 14 states and on 18 military installations — said it became aware of the unauthorized activity on Thursday and immediately took protective steps, including shutting down certain systems.
The largest water and wastewater utility company in the U.S. was hit by a cyberattack, forcing it to temporarily pause billing for its customers, the company announced Monday. American Water ...
A cyberattack is any type of offensive maneuver employed by individuals or whole organizations that targets computer information systems, infrastructures, computer networks, and/or personal computer devices by various means of malicious acts usually originating from an anonymous source that either steals, alters, or destroys a specified target by hacking into a susceptible system.
In a statement on its webpage, American Water said it learned of "unauthorized activity" on its computer network on Oct. 3 and has since disconnected an unspecified number of systems "to protect ...