FBI warned that Kansas-based Micro-Comm, which oversees water systems in the US, and companies from different countries had been targeted by hackers. Micro-Comm discovered the data breach on July 31; the Barracuda ransomware group claimed responsibility for the attack. On August 6, the group said it had published nearly 850 thousand company files totaling approximately 644 gigabytes.
The attack brought threats targeting water systems and critical infrastructure suppliers in the US to the forefront. FBI and CISA reported on July 30 that programmable logic controllers made by Rockwell Automation, Schneider Electric and Siemens had been targeted. Micro-Comm said the published files did not contain customer passwords, credentials or data for remotely accessing devices, while announcing on August 8 that its customers had experienced a limited malware attack.
Why it matters
The development shows that companies supplying technology and equipment to these systems, rather than only those directly operating water services, are also part of the cybersecurity chain. The warnings from FBI and CISA regarding programmable logic controllers made by different manufacturers indicate that the threat is not limited to a single organization and that industrial systems used in critical infrastructure also need to be monitored. The statement that the published files did not contain customer passwords or remote access information draws an important boundary regarding the scope of the data leak; however, the malware incident affecting customers leaves a separate security question. Therefore, the unresolved issue is whether the attack had any impact on operational systems or the continuity of water services.
Background
FBI is not a new name in the FikirPilot archive: in the last 90 days, we published a news story in which this name appeared; that article is dated August 25, 2026. The development here can be added alongside those records in our archive; readers can see the full timeline by following the previous articles bearing the same name in the archive.