Executive Summary

Foreign actors breached two small Colorado water utilities in late August, manipulating control equipment, disabling remote access and alarms. The privately owned systems serve fewer than 200 residents each. The attack was reported by Gov. Jared Polis’s office to Axios.

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Intelligence Metadata - Source Publisher: DataBreaches.net - Published Date: 2026-09-18T20:11:01+00:00 - Category: data-breaches

Original Description: Alayna Alvarez reports: Foreign actors last month breached two small Colorado water utilities and manipulated equipment used to control drinking water systems. The two privately owned utilities, each serving fewer than 200 people, were breached in late August, Gov. Jared Polis’ office told Axios. The hackers changed equipment settings, disabled remote access and alarms, and... Source

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