US officials suspect Iranian hackers behind breaches of fuel monitoring systems at gas stations across states: Report

Amid ongoing tensions between the US and Iran, several US officials now suspect Iranian hackers are behind a series of breaches of systems that monitor fuel levels in storage tanks serving gas stations across multiple states.

According to a CNN report on Friday, the hackers responsible exploited automatic tank gauge (ATG) systems that were exposed online and left unprotected by passwords, according to sources.