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American Water Works believes no water, wastewater facilities affected by cyberattack

American Water Works believes no water, wastewater facilities affected by cyberattack

The Record reports:

None of the water or wastewater facilities run by the American Water Works company were affected by a cyberattack that began last week, according to a statement released on Monday.

The company, which supplies water to millions of Americans, filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday notifying the public of the incident. On its website, company officials warned that the portal customers use to access their personal accounts and pay water bills is currently not available due to measures taken to contain the attack.

The company’s MyWater account system is currently down, according to a notice on the company website, and all appointments set up by customers will be rescheduled. Additionally, all billing has been paused until further notice as they try to bring systems back online — there will be no late charges or service shut offs while systems are down. 

Read more at The Record.