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OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 20: In an aerial view, pools of water are visible at the East Bay Municipal Utility District Wastewater Treatment Plant on March 20, 2024 in Oakland, California. The Biden administration and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are warning states of possible cyberattacks on water systems after recents attacks including one by the Cyber Av3ngers, a group linked to the Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, that targeted internet-facing programmable logic controllers at Pennsylvania’s Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

EPA ‘urgently’ needs to step up cybersecurity assistance for the water sector, GAO says

The watchdog said the agency lacks "cybersecurity-related goals, objectives, activities, and performance measures."
Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks at DefenseScoop’s DefenseTalks on May 22, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group photo)

Mattis: Don’t create separate military cyber service

The former defense secretary said U.S. Cyber Command needs emergency authority to be able to operate inside the United States.
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