Critical Infrastructure Giant Itron Says It Was Hacked

American power exertion institution Itron has confirmed it was deed by a cyberattack successful mid-April and that hackers had gained entree to immoderate of its systems.

In a legally required filing pinch nan U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission late connected Friday, Itron said it was “notified” that it had an intruder successful its systems. The institution did not opportunity who notified it, but added that it subsequently expelled nan hackers and has seen nary signs of further intrusions to its soul systems.

Itron did not specify nan type of cyberattack it experienced, specified arsenic whether ransomware was deployed aliases if nan institution had been contacted by nan hackers directly. It’s besides not instantly clear what impact, if any, nan cyberattack is having connected nan company’s systems.

The institution said it did not place unauthorized activity successful nan “customer-hosted information of its systems,” suggesting that nan breach whitethorn beryllium constricted to its IT network.

Itron said it has besides notified rule enforcement of nan breach.

The Liberty Lake, WA-based institution provides exertion for managing power depletion of power grids, including water, gas, and energy supplies. The institution provides internet-connected inferior meters to complete 110 cardinal homes and businesses, according to its website. Itron has thousands of customers, including cities and municipalities, arsenic good arsenic operations successful complete 100 countries, its website reads.

Itron said it activated its contingency plans and information backups, and its operations person “continued successful each worldly respects,” but warned that it whitethorn person to make consequent ineligible filings and regulatory notifications. This suggests that nan institution whitethorn person knowledgeable a information breach, which could trigger further ineligible notifications nether authorities information breach notification laws.

It’s not clear who, if anyone, astatine Itron is responsible for cybersecurity. A spokesperson for Itron did not instantly respond to TechCrunch’s petition for comment.