Manufacturers Form Front Line of Cyberattacks: Brooke Sutherland

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An unnerving number of large US industrial companies have been hacked this year.

Johnson Controls International Plc, a heating, air-conditioning and fire-safety systems company, and Mueller Water Products Inc., a maker of fire hydrants, butterfly valves and leak detection technology, have both delayed the release of their latest quarterly results because of lingering disruptions from cyberattacks. Meanwhile, Fortive Corp., which makes test and measurement tools and asset management software, flagged a $5 million one-time expense related to remediating a breach of its network infrastructure in early October that caused some downtime ...