Officials and water sector professionals warned of ongoing cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the nation’s water and wastewater utility infrastructure at a Senate hearing on escalating cyber attacks against U.S. utilities and water-management organizations.
Los Angeles’ Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant spilled 6% of its daily load into Santa Monica Bay on July 11 due to a clog, but public was not notified of contamination for nearly 18 hours after the incident started at 7pm PST.