America’s Drinking Water Isn't Protected Enough

Oldsmar, Florida, nearly generated a mass poisoning after a mysterious hacker hacked a water treatment plant in Florida. The motive and identity of the hackers, foreign or domestic, remain unknown. Experts say the sorts of vulnerabilities revealed in the breach are common among America’s 151,000 public water systems. The consequences of a major water system breach could be calamitous: thousands sickened from poisoned drinking water; panic over interrupted supplies; widespread flooding; burst pipes and streams of overflowing sewage. “Frankly, they …

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