North Texas Municipal Water District suffers cyberattack

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The North Texas Municipal Water District recently suffered a cybersecurity incident that disrupted its operations, including its phone system, The Record reported Tuesday.

A cybercrime group known as Daixin Team claimed responsibility for the attack and reportedly stole more than 33,000 files containing customer information from the water utility, which provides wholesale water, wastewater and solid waste management services to two million people across 13 cities in North Texas.

Alex Johnson, director of communications for North Texas Municipal Water District, told The Record, which first reported the incident, that the local government recently detected a cyberattack affecting its business computer network. Johnson did not provide a date for the attack when he confirmed details of the incident to StateScoop on Wednesday.
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North Texas Municipal Water District suffers cyberattack