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To: Sequoyah101

You might wanna have a look at this...

https://industrialcyber.co/utilities-energy-power-water-waste/cyberattacks-target-water-utilities-in-minnesota-disrupting-ot-operations-and-triggering-multi-agency-cyber-response/

From the above...

“...Recognizing that water utilities tend to have less mature cybersecurity programs and, as such, a weaker posture, Markus Mueller, field CISO at Nozomi Networks, wrote in a statement that they tend to rely more on third-party integrators and service providers. “They tend to be underfunded and smaller compared to other utility sectors...”

It gets worse.


11 posted on 08/01/2026 11:38:41 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: mewzilla

I have (yet another) dumb question:

Do these facilities really need to internet connected to function?


12 posted on 08/01/2026 11:46:01 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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