@SecKennedy It's not a myth...starting in 2021 food prices kept climbing. Will you have more than pasta, rice, poultry, and peanut butter, etc. for choices?
@BoSnerdley In many cases...people are over prescribed. They'll be prescribed drugs to treat side effects of other drugs on top of it. Most doctors don't try to look at the root cause of an issue and just mask it with drugs. There are instances when medication is necessary.
All day I was thinking tomorrow's Monday and I was all set in my mind to get some things done. Well...I sure hope I am just as ambitious when the real Monday arrives.
A cyberattack targeting over 30 U.S. water utilities just occurred. And it exposed critical vulnerabilities in the nation's infrastructure.
State and federal authorities are investigating a highly coordinated cyberattack that targeted the operational technology of more than 30 municipal water utilities across Minnesota on July 26 and 27.
The digital assault targeted critical computerized controls used to operate wells, water treatment facilities, water towers, and wastewater lift stations. In the city of Braham, the intrusion temporarily knocked the local water treatment plant offline and disabled its well operating controls, forcing public works crews to run manual overrides to restore services within two hours.
Other communities, including Plymouth, Maple Plain, and South St. Paul, also reported disrupted automated systems, but quick backup actions ensured that water quality and supplies remained safe and uncontaminated.
While investigators from Minnesota IT Services and the FBI have yet to officially attribute the attack to a specific actor, the tactics and timing strongly align with recent federal warnings regarding Iran-linked hacker groups targeting industrial controls. As water utilities nationwide increasingly rely on internet-connected networks to manage remote pumps and chemical treatments, security experts warn that this incident highlights a severe, systemic vulnerability.
This latest breach underscores the urgent challenge facing thousands of underfunded public water systems across the country, which struggle to defend critical resources against sophisticated foreign adversaries.
source: Kovacs, E. (2026). Dozens of Minnesota Water Utilities Targeted in Coordinated OT Attacks. SecurityWeek.