While federal and state officials said a preliminary investigation hasn’t confirmed Iran’s involvement, the attacks mirror those the country has waged against U.S. water systems in the past, according to The New York Times. The main reason being that its infrastructure systems are not internet-facing, unlike the aforementioned attacks that targeted internet-facing systems with known vulnerabilities, Young said. “Should a cyberattack impact operational technology systems, the City’s freshwater and wastewater treatment facilities can continue operating manually,” Young said. Meyering couldn’t elaborate, owing to the ongoing investigation headed by FBI and the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency. Cyberattacks against state government technology systems aren’t unheard of.