Hackers are actively targeting Siemens equipment used in water plants and other critical infrastructure, several U.S. agencies are warning.

The National Security Agency (NSA) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along with other agencies like the FBI, have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory this week detailing an active threat against Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers (PLCs).

These controllers are industrial computers used to operate physical equipment and processes, including pumps and valves at water treatment facilities.

“The threat actors are conducting reconnaissance and capability development…

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