Cybersecurity expert weighs in on recent suspected attacks on U.S. infrastructure BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Federal Investigators are looking into whether Iran was behind a coordinated cyberattack targeting more than 30 municipal water systems across several states. Ricoh Danielson, a cybersecurity expert, joined KBTX to talk about the potential for other attacks. Danielson said water systems are an easy target because they aren’t very well protected. “So a lot of these threat-acting groups are breaching these water systems because one, it’s old and antiquated. It’s very old technology. These are underfunded. A lot of people are just not paying attention.” Danielson said nation-state threat actors from Russia, China, and Iran will hack into those systems to cause harm. “But the bigger thing is it’s just relic technology that needs to be updated, and the vulnerabilities need to be shored up.” In addition to physical harm, groups will also use these attacks to wage psychological warfare, according to Danielson. “You think anywhere from like toll booths, telco systems, antiquated oil servers, antiquated water systems, electrical power grid, that’s a big one right there. And then all the things that go below it as well. So, I mean, no target is off-balance here.” President Donald Trump blamed local officials in Minnesota for the water disruptions, and while Iran was initially thought to be behind the attacks, Danielson said this type of attack doesn’t fit their normal operations: “This looks like the Russian Strutsku or the GRU, which is more specifically a Russian threat coming from their intelligence.” Danielson also believes groups have already targeted places in Texas. “If you really look at some of the research that I’ve done, there are over 150,000 water pumps. That’s 150,000 targets that are underfunded, need technology, and also need some sort of security around it.