Iranian Hackers Target U.S. Energy and Water Infrastructure

📌 U.S. government agencies issued an urgent joint warning on Tuesday that Iranian government-linked hackers are conducting disruptive cyberattacks targeting American energy and water infrastructure. The attacks focus on industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT), including programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems. Victims have been impacted within the last month, coinciding with escalating U.S.-Israel military strikes against Iran. The alert was issued by multiple federal entities, including CISA, the FBI, NSA, DOE, and EPA. No specific technical indicators, CVE IDs, or attack methodologies were disclosed in the notice.