SpyCloud finds infostealer malware exposed passwords at 1,787 U.S. water utilities

Cybersecurity firm SpyCloud analyzed over 66,000 public-facing systems tied to roughly 10,000 EPA-registered water and wastewater organizations and discovered that infostealer malware had already harvested login credentials from 1,787 of them. At least 250 of those organizations had exposed credentials that could grant access to operational networks controlling physical pumps and water flow. In one case, malware on a device belonging to a metering technology vendor exposed passwords for 167 utilities that relied on its services.