Updated July 21
America’s water systems are vulnerable to a Pearl Harbor-level cyberattack, Angus King warns
Maine s junior senator said the nation faces an extremely dangerous situation until it bolsters its security against web-based attacks on critical infrastructure.
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Warning that “the next Pearl Harbor, the next 9/11 will be cyber,” U.S. Sen. Angus King urged government and private-sector officials to do more to be prepared.
U.S. Sen. Angus King of Maine testifyies Wednesday on Capitol Hill about the risk of cyberattacks on U.S. water systems.
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The two-term Maine independent said Wednesday at a hearing in Washington that the nation faces “an extremely dangerous situation” because so much of its critical infrastructure can be targeted by hackers and intruders.
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Shoppers wear masks inside of The Cool store Monday, July 19, 2021, in the Fairfax district of Los Angeles. Los Angeles County has reinstated an indoor mask mandate due to rising COVID-19 cases. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)
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First, there was Los Angeles County, where the rising menace posed by the delta variant of the coronavirus prompted health officials to reimpose a mask mandate. Then, Bay Area health officers on Friday recommended that residents of seven counties and the city of Berkeley, Calif., resume wearing masks indoors. Mask mandates are being discussed, too, in coronavirus hot spots such as Arkansas and Missouri, where cases have sharply increased in recent weeks and many residents remain unvac