Foreign hackers breached two Colorado water utilities last month, Gov. Polis’ office says

Foreign hackers breached two Colorado water utilities last month, Gov. Polis’ office says

Foreign hackers breached two small Colorado water utilities last month, altering pumping cycles and disabling alarms, but treatment processes and water quality were not impacted.

Foreign hackers breached two Colorado water utilities

Two small, privately owned Colorado water utilities were breached by foreign hackers in August, according to the governor’s office. The office says it remains unclear what foreign actors may have been involved in the breach.

Foreign Hackers Got Into Two Colorado Water Systems, Messed With Pump Controls and Killed the Alarms

Foreign actors broke into the industrial control systems of two small private water utilities in Colorado last month, altered pumping cycles, changed… Read more →

Colorado Water Utilities Hit by Cyberattacks Targeting OT Systems

Hackers targeted operational technology (OT) systems at two private water utilities in Colorado in late August, apparently attempting to cause disruptions. Few technical details are available, but it seems the attackers targeted industrial control systems (ICS) at the water utilities, which serve fewer than 200 people. A spokesperson for Colorado Governor Jared Polis told The […]

Hackers Breached Two Colorado Water Utility Control Systems

Foreign threat actors breached two small, privately owned Colorado water utilities in late August and manipulated equipment used to control drinking-water systems, according to information the governor’s office provided to Axios. Each utility serves fewer than 200 people. Colorado officials said the problems were resolved, technical assistance was offered and other water providers were alerted. The state has not identified the attackers, and the…