The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined South Staffordshire Plc and South Staffordshire Water Plc (together South Staffordshire) £963,900 following a serious cyber attack that resulted in the personal information of 633,887 people being extracted and published on the dark web.

Cyber attacks have now affected almost every UK critical national infrastructure organisation, with 93% reporting a cyber incident in the past year, according to Bridewell’s Cyber Security in CNI Report 2026 released today.

The Government has published a policy paper setting out its proposals for new powers in the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill to direct regulated entities to take necessary and proportionate action in response to imminent or live threats which put UK national security at risk.

The Government is bringing in tough new laws to strengthen the UK's defences against cyber attacks on essential public services and critical infrastructure.

Drinking water-only company, SES Water, has appointed Zero Trust Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) vendor, iboss as part of its five-year, £413.9 million strategic AMP8 business development and investment plan.

In an Expert Focus article for Water Briefing, Ketan Kothari, Client Services Manager – Water at engineering, technology and consulting services provider Expleo, explores the wave of challenges facing the UK water industry as it gears up for AMP8 and how data can help to address them.

Southern Water has published an update on its investigation relating to the illegal cyber attack at the start of this year.

The White House has issued an urgent warning to all US states of continuing cyber threats to water sector infrastructure.

Southern Water has issued an update confirming that a recent cyber attack could put some customer and employee data at risk.

Moody’s Investors Service is warning over the growing risks of cyber attacks for water and wastewater companies in a new sector comment paper.