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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Attacks on America’s ‘super vulnerable’ water systems should be a wake up call after years of warnings, cybersecurity experts say

Hackers have broken into water systems in at least a dozen states in recent weeks, what cybersecurity experts say should be an urgent wake up call to immense vulnerabilities in American infrastructure.

“Malicious cyber actors” have infiltrated internet-connected water systems that routinely monitor and adjust safe drinking water across the country, according to federal law enforcement agencies.

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