Iranian hackers and America’s Achilles heel on water: default passwords | Fortune0

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• August 6, 2026

The attackers did not try to infiltrate the computers that utility offices use. Instead, they tried to seize control of small computers in equipment like pumps and valves that deliver drinking water to millions of people. The utilities countered the attacks by shutting down the control computers and sending personnel out into the field to