A U.K. water supplier suffered a disruption in its corporate IT systems Monday as a result of a cyber-attack but claims that its water supply was not affected.
Meanwhile, the alleged attack perpetrator—the Clop ransomware group—claimed the attack was on another, larger water utility, which for its part indignantly called the claim a “cyber hoax.”
South Staffordshire PLC, the parent company of South Staffs Water and Cambridge Water, confirmed on Monday that it was the victim of a cyber-attack that did not affect its “ability to supply safe water” to all of its customers, it said in a statement Monday. The company provides water to about 1.6 million consumers daily.
