U.S. authorities are investigating a data breach at a small maker of water utility technology, highlighting infrastructure cybersecurity threats even ​though the Kansas firm was apparently not part of a suspected Iranian-affiliated campaign against water plants in Minnesota ‌and other states starting in July. The company and the FBI confirmed the attack at Micro-Comm in Olathe, Kansas, which has not previously been reported. Responsibility was claimed by Barracuda, a relatively new ransomware group that says it is motivated by profit and is not government sponsored. … The Micro-Comm breach highlighted the complexity of securing local U.S. water systems and the vendors that support them from increasing cyberattacks on ​computer systems embedded in the nation’s critical infrastructure.

Other water system cybersecurity news:

• Facilities Dive: What we know about the hacking campaign against US water systems
• The Hill: Opinion: Iran’s attacks on US water systems are just the beginning