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A “critical water utility” has been victim of a ransomware attack, significantly impeding the service in the week after Hurricane Florence hit the East coast of the U.S.

 The Onslow Water and Sewer Authority (ONWASA) said in a Monday release that a “sophisticated ransomware attack… has left the utility with limited computer capabilities.” While customer data was not compromised as part of the attack, the lack of computing ability will impact the timeliness of service from ONWASA “for several weeks to come.”

Threatpost's Lindsey O'Donnell talks to Katherine Gronberg, who heads government affairs at ForeScout, about the incident and the level of awareness and readiness for federal organizations for these types of threats.