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Cyberattacks expose the structural gap in U.S. water system defenses

8/7/2026

water security sits well below the firewall.

The sector spans more than 144,000 public water systems, including roughly 50,000 community systems supplying year-round drinking water, each operated as an independent utility with its own budget, staffing, and security posture.

Suspected Iran-linked attacks are now making that fragmentation visible in real time.

A control layer built for efficiency, not adversaries Most of the digital systems now targeted were originally engineered for uptime and operational reliability.

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