Critical Infrastructure At Risk From State-Backed Hacking
A recent wave of Iranian state-backed cyberattacks has targeted nearly 4,000 industrial control devices in the United States, primarily Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley programmable logic controllers (PLCs). The attacks, which began escalating in March 2026, have resulted in operational disruptions, forced manual operation, and financial losses across sectors including oil and gas, water and wastewater, energy, and government services. Multiple US federal agencies have issued joint advisories urging immediate defensive actions, as reported by Rescana.