Water supply under attack by cybercriminals; metro Atlanta system may have been targeted

Channel 2 Action News Investigates has exclusively learned that what started as a boil water advisory is now being investigated as a part of a broader attack on the nation’s water supply.

The Clayton County Water Authority said investigators now suspect the outage that affected several water pump stations was not accidental and may have been part of a broader cyber campaign targeting infrastructure across the country.

“What we realized is that some of our pump stations went down,” said Erin Thomas with the Clayton County Water Authority…

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