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100 days after the Iran war started — Tehran-backed group breaches California Water Service but claims they…

Iranian hackers accessed two Cal Water systems and leaked 5GB of data
A poorly secured GPS tool gave attackers a direct path inside Cal Water
Administrative credentials for seven California districts were published in plaintext online

Tehran-linked threat group Handala has claimed it successfully breached California Water Service and released a 5GB data dump as proof.

Cal Water is one of the largest investor-owned water utilities in the United States, serving millions of residential and commercial customers across California.

Handala described the breach as direct retaliation for recent US military actions in Iran, claiming it could disrupt water access but deliberately chose not to — for now.

How a GPS tool became the entry point

Cybersecurity firm Dataminr analyzed the published data and identified two separate systems that Handala accessed during the breach.

The first was a customer billing database containing names, addresses, phone numbers, account numbers, and payment histories...

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