Minnesota water systems hit with cyberattack, state officials say

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A coordinated cyberattack disrupted water and wastewater utilities in more than 30 Minnesota communities Sunday and Monday, the state's technology bureau announced Tuesday.

In Braham, a town of 1,700, the water plant went offline and officials asked residents to conserve before attributing the outage to a malicious cyberattack by unknown actors. Plymouth, a Minneapolis suburb of 80,000, disconnected affected equipment at two water towers and multiple lift stations. Officials in both said water quality was unaffected.

Minnesota IT Services worked with state agencies alongside CISA, the EPA and the FBI.