Iranian hacker group alleges it breached Bakersfield, Visalia, Chico water systems

An alleged breach of several California water systems by an Iranian-linked hacker group did not compromise any water production or delivery systems, according California Water Service Company.

“We have conducted a preliminary scan of our internal IT and OT networks and have no signs of any compromise within our IT, water production, and delivery systems at this time,” an email Friday from Yvonne Kingman, director of communications for CalWater, states.

Kingman did not respond to a follow up question about whether the hacker group, called Handala, had accessed other systems, such as CalWater’s billing system…

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