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Is America’s Drinking Water the Next Front in the Iran War?
August 7, 2026·27 min·4-min readnarrativenews
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A suspected Iranian cyber campaign has targeted over 100 U.S. municipal water systems, exploiting long-ignored vulnerabilities in aging infrastructure. The attacks reveal a dangerous gap between repeated national security warnings and underfunded, politically fragmented defenses.
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A suspected Iranian cyber campaign has targeted over 100 U.S. municipal water systems, exploiting long-ignored vulnerabilities in aging infrastructure. The attacks reveal a dangerous gap between repeated national security warnings and underfunded, politically fragmented defenses.
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Dustin Volz
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