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CISA urges water utilities to take exposed systems down after Minnesota hacks

Nextgov/FCW · · US Federal · Data Breaches

A memo distributed to water industry members and obtained by Nextgov/FCW makes mention of Iran but does not directly present evidence attributing the latest Minnesota incident to the country.

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