Cyberattacks on the infrastructure that provides drinking water in the US.
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-10-american-cyberattack-renews-focus-critical.html
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Critical infrastructure should be isolated from the web as much as possible.
Edit: I think that goes for car controls, plane controls, heating systems and A/C too.
It's really something that theoretically a foreign entity could just "log into" our drinking water, change chem levels, and we'd be none the wiser for a time.
And locks to your home! I was surprised to find out how many new apartment complexes advertise "Unlock your door with your smart phone!" Thanks but I'll stick with a physical key.
I am more concerned about our government making the water toxic than I am a foreign government hacking the system and doing it!
...gov't already made the water toxic - fluoridation
NIH came out with a report in August stating that fluoride in water lowers kids IQs.
bottled water cartel
That type of infrastructure should never have been online in the first place.
That's one reason my wife and I have an abundant supply of bottled water (in addition to our municipal water being undrinkable; maybe some kind of attack will improve it :) )
Water is important and there can be multiple meanings, but...
U.S. Government Counterinsurgency Guide
https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/119629.pdf
Go to the graphic on page 17. (convenient number, right?)
Comprehensive Approach to Counterinsurgency
water = information