Michigan joined Minnesota in reporting that hackers targeted multiple state water systems amid warnings about Iranian activity against water and wastewater infrastructure. Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy said nine systems were impacted after a federal cyber alert and subsequent reports from local communities. Officials stressed that systems continued to operate safely and that there were no known impacts posing public health concerns. Dale George, director of communications for the state department, said issues were addressed by local operators, while the FBI is investigating and has not publicly identified a culprit. For higher education and campus operations, the incident underscores a governance and risk-management reality: critical-infrastructure cyber threats are increasingly tied to operational technology (OT), and local operators may face resource gaps for patching and monitoring. Universities with utilities, research facilities, or shared critical infrastructure may need to reassess contingency planning and incident-response coordination with state and federal partners.