CISA Warns Water Utilities: Find Your Exposed PLCs Before Attackers Do
2026-08-27T08:51:39Z•591d5a105cdd4a6f08432cd305341bea480cfcdd8c00525e009d50008e935060
CVE-2026-60004APTCISAChina-linked-threat-actorDDoSGDPRICSOracle-HTTP-ServerOracle-WebLogicPLCsSCADAbiometricscritical-infrastructurecritical-infrastructure-securitycybercrimegovernment-servicesidentity-data-breachindustrial-control-systemsinfluence-operationsknown-exploited-vulnerabilitiespasskeysred-teamvulnerability-managementwater-utilities
What happened
Security news digest covering exposed industrial control systems in water utilities, CISA red-team compromises of critical infrastructure, China-linked infrastructure targeting, a high-severity Oracle proxy plug-in vulnerability added to CISA KEV, identity-data breaches, authentication improvements, cybercrime arrests, DDoS activity against Norway’s government infrastructure, and a major GDPR enforcement action against Uber. The most urgent technical issue is CVE-2026-60004, reported as CVSS 9.8 and actively exploited; exposed PLCs and weaknesses demonstrated by CISA red-team assessments also—
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