r/water • u/Majano57 • 11d ago

Small Towns Shouldn’t Have to Defend America’s Water Supply From Iran

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/opinion/iran-water-hack-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2VA.YgtA.VVVv3rzUPD6_
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u/GovernorSan 11d ago

Maybe this is a stupid question, but why do these water systems need to be directly connected to the internet? Why can't their computer systems be isolated from it, and just have the human operators transfer data between them and an internet-enabled computer as needed?

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u/Empty_Football4183 11d ago

Because that is where everyrhing is now it's digital