Officials in the US suspect that Iran is behind a hack of systems that monitor the levels of available fuel in storage tanks that supply gas stations in some states, CNN reports.
The report says the hackers took advantage of online systems that weren’t protected by passwords.
The outlet says no physical damage was done to the systems and that the hackers changed the display system showing the fuel level, rather than the actual amount of fuel itself.
Sources briefed on the investigation tell CNN that Tehran was suspected because it had a history of trying to hack the systems, but caution that it was possible the culprits would never be identified.
It is unclear why the systems did not have more robust protections if they had been previously targeted.
CNN says there is no comment from the FBI or US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
The apparent hack comes amid soaring fuel prices as a result of the Iran war.
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