{"id":13217,"date":"2024-02-04T14:37:33","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T13:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/04\/elevated-risk-of-hackers-targeting-uk-drinking-water-says-credit-agency\/"},"modified":"2024-02-04T14:37:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T13:37:33","slug":"elevated-risk-of-hackers-targeting-uk-drinking-water-says-credit-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/04\/elevated-risk-of-hackers-targeting-uk-drinking-water-says-credit-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Elevated\u2019 risk of hackers targeting UK drinking water, says credit agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Moody\u2019s warning over hacking\u2019s effect on debts may bolster water utilities\u2019 plans to hike bills to cover needed investments<\/p>\n<p>The credit rating agency Moody\u2019s has warned that water companies face an \u201celevated\u201d risk from cyber attackers targeting drinking water, as suppliers wait on permission from the industry regulator to ramp up spending on digital security.<\/p>\n<p>Moody\u2019s said, in a report to investors, that hackers are increasingly zeroing in on infrastructure companies, including water and wastewater treatment companies, and the use of AI (artificial intelligence) could accelerate this trend.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/feb\/04\/elevated-risk-of-hackers-targeting-uk-drinking-water-says-credit-agency\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/0e9d54aea239e8b446e3725c6668eab3271d7692\/0_117_3000_1800\/master\/3000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=fb8e1d4f6fd45119f8ad6af7db55a692\" title=\"\u2018Elevated\u2019 risk of hackers targeting UK drinking water, says credit agency\" \/>Moody\u2019s warning over hacking\u2019s effect on debts may bolster water utilities\u2019 plans to hike bills to cover needed investments<br \/>\nThe credit rating agency Moody\u2019s has warned that water companies face an \u201celevated\u201d risk from cyber attackers targeting drinking water, as suppliers wait on permission from the industry regulator to ramp up spending on digital security.<br \/>\nMoody\u2019s said, in a report to investors, that hackers are increasingly zeroing in on infrastructure companies, including water and wastewater treatment companies, and the use of AI (artificial intelligence) could accelerate this trend. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moody\u2019s warning over hacking\u2019s effect on debts may bolster water utilities\u2019 plans to hike bills to cover needed investments The credit rating agency Moody\u2019s has warned that water companies face an \u201celevated\u201d risk from cyber attackers targeting drinking water, as suppliers wait on permission from the industry regulator to ramp up spending on digital security. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/04\/elevated-risk-of-hackers-targeting-uk-drinking-water-says-credit-agency\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Elevated\u2019 risk of hackers targeting UK drinking water, says credit agency<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":13218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13217"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}