
Iran‑linked PLC attacks cause real‑world disruption at critical US infra sites
As the US and Iran agreed to a ceasefire on Tuesday, six US federal agencies have warned that Iran-affiliated threat actors have compromised internet-exposed programmable logic controllers at critical infrastructure facilities in the US. The attacks, which the agencies linked to escalating hostilities between Iran and the US and Israel, targeted Rockwell Automation and Allen-Bradley PLCs at water and wastewater, energy, and government facilities, including local municipalities, and have been active since at least March 2026, according to the advisory, co-authored by the FBI, CISA, NSA, EPA, Department of Energy, and US Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force, and published on Tuesday. ...