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TIPTON — Russian hackers are claiming responsibility for a cybersecurity attack on a wastewater treatment plant in Tipton.

TIPTON — Russian hackers are claiming responsibility for a cybersecurity attack on a wastewater treatment plant in Tipton.

CNN reports that Indiana-based water and wastewater treatment plant and electricity provider Tipton Municipal Utilities has been targeted by a cyberattack on Apr. 19 claimed by Russia-linked hacking operation CyberArmyofRussia_Reborn.

Hackers targeted a wastewater treatment plant in Indiana on Friday evening, prompting plant managers to send maintenance personnel to investigate the suspicious activity, a local official told CNN.

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN

Hackers targeted a wastewater treatment plant in Indiana on Friday evening, prompting plant managers to send maintenance personnel to investigate the suspicious activity, a local official told CNN.

Hackers targeted a wastewater treatment plant in Indiana on Friday evening, prompting plant managers to send maintenance personnel to investigate the suspicious activity, a local official told CNN.