The city of atlanta was attacked by hackers, and they demanded ransom money. There are over 52 thousand water utilities in th united states. The good news is it's going to be hard to attack them at scale. Just imagine if russia were successful in penetrating two or three water supply systems around the united states.
Russia is ramping up attacks on Ukraine’s digital infrastructure. The US could be next.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Paul Mounsey, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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