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How vulnerable is critical infrastructure to cyberattack in the US?

Justine Calma

created: June 27, 2025, 10:31 p.m. | updated: June 28, 2025, 3:21 a.m.

“With great connectivity comes great responsibility.”Battlefields now extend into the digital world, which in turn makes critical infrastructure in the real world a target. When you look across what we designate as lifeline critical functions, the basic human needs — water, shelter, safety — those are among some of our most exposed and underprepared. “You have this kind of asymmetry and unmitigated feeding-frenzy”It’s about 85 percent of the owners and operators of these lifeline critical infrastructure entities that are target rich and cyber poor. What we’ve found is if a water facility is compromised, abrupt changes in water pressure can lead to a very forceful and damaging surge of water pressure that could burst pipes. If you were to burst the water main for a hospital, there would be no water pressure to the hospital.

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