Read our Privacy noticeAfter a series of cyberattacks targeting America’s water infrastructure, a group of hackers have launched a program to help small, vulnerable water utilities across the country combat similar attacks. In recent weeks, water systems in at least 12 states — including more than 30 community water systems in Minnesota alone — were compromised by cyberattacks potentially stemming from Iran. The FBI and Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Agency have urged utilities to disable internet access, set up strong passwords and revert to manual control, among other changes. In March 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency under then-President Joe Biden published a memo requiring states to work with local officials to identify potential weaknesses in their water systems that hackers could exploit. The administration purged roughly one-third of the staff at the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Agency, which has been villainized by the president and his allies over the agency’s past efforts to disrupt election disinformation.