Exclusive-Hack of water sector supplier draws FBI scrutiny as Iran-linked cyber concerns grow

Aug 26 : U.S. authorities are investigating a data breach at a small maker of water utility technology, highlighting infrastructure cybersecurity threats even though the Kansas firm was apparently not part of a suspected Iranian-affiliated campaign against water plants in Minnesota and other states starting in July. The company and the FBI confirmed the attack at Micro-Comm in Olathe, Kansas, which has not previously been reported. Responsibility was claimed by Barracuda, a relatively new ransomware group that says it is motivated by profit and is not government sponsored. The group posted on August 6 what it said was nearly 850,000 company files with roughly 644 gigabytes of data. Micro-Comm makes programmable logic controllers (PLCs), computer devices used to control machinery within cri