American Water Works Company, Inc., the largest regulated water and wastewater utility in the United States, has disclosed that it was the target of a cyberattack.
The New Jersey-based utility, which serves over 14 million people across 14 states and 18 military installations, detected the unauthorized activity on Oct. 3, according to an Oct. 7 regulatory filing and a security-related note on the company’s website.
Stacy Mitchell, executive vice president and general counsel at American Water, wrote in the filing that the company discovered that unknown parties had unlawfully breached the company’s computer networks and systems, prompting the utility to shut down some of its systems, launch an investigation, and contact law enforcement.
Mitchell said that American Water does not believe that the cyberattack negatively impacted any of its wastewater or drinking water systems. […]
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