Modern water utilities run on digital control systems that regulate water pressure and chemical mixtures. If a hostile actor compromises these networks, they control the physical flow of liquid life across American communities.
A recent simulation conducted by cybersecurity analysts, as reported by Wired, modeled exactly what happens when those controls get hijacked. The results proved that America’s interconnected society is essentially a giant Jenga tower built on a foundation of pumps and pipes.
Emergency response teams face an impossible numbers game.
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Earlier this year, the FBI officially classified a breach of a U.S. government monitoring network as a “major incident.” This is the government’s polite way of saying someone managed to hot-wire the digital locks on the country’s critical infrastructure.
The Beijing-backed hacking group Volt Typhoon has
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