Scope of Hacks on U.S. Water Supply Widens as Evidence Points to Iran

Post by nvme0n1p1 » Sat, Aug 01, 2026, 7:12 PM UTC

halJordan wrote: post #57

londons_explore wrote: post #42

People use 1000x more water than they need to drink. If a water supply chain attack happened, we would just distribute bottled water for drinking, and people would go without washing for a few days whilst the issue was sorted. Bottled water production is already big enough that delivering a bottle a day per person in new York is within the scale of the current production and retail networks scope. It wouldn't cause t…

It's actually insane to me that the nation convulsed over the inability to get water to flint Michigan and people are still over here doing "no one actually deserves water, you use too much of it anyway"

Post by swat535 » Sat, Aug 01, 2026, 7:56 PM UTC

genocidicbunny wrote: post #54

nerevarthelame wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Iran doesn't need to cause mass casualties. They just need to make US citizens hate the war in Iran.

Trouble is, there's a good chance that a large portion of the population will then be in favour of ending the war by escalating it to the point of flattening Iran. And that portion of the population has somewhat of a correlation with the political base of the current administration.

Post by applicative » Sat, Aug 01, 2026, 8:14 PM UTC

nvme0n1p1 wrote: post #61

halJordan wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's actually insane to me that the nation convulsed over the inability to get water to flint Michigan and people are still over here doing "no one actually deserves water, you use too much of it anyway"

And let's not forget: > Agriculture accounts for about 80 percent of consumptive use in the United States https://www.nifa.usda.gov/topics/water Maybe if we're worried about running out of water, we should prioritize getting the water we do have to actual people. Could the problem be that we're trying to grow avocados in a literal desert? Nah, it's the dang citizens taking too many showers again.

Post by applicative » Sat, Aug 01, 2026, 8:19 PM UTC

genocidicbunny wrote: post #54

nerevarthelame wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Iran doesn't need to cause mass casualties. They just need to make US citizens hate the war in Iran.

Trouble is, there's a good chance that a large portion of the population will then be in favour of ending the war by escalating it to the point of flattening Iran. And that portion of the population has somewhat of a correlation with the political base of the current administration.

Post by lorreyfum » Sat, Aug 01, 2026, 8:28 PM UTC

halJordan wrote: post #58

lorreyfum wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

CISA staff doesn’t do security patches and updates on local water supplies. You’re mixing a lot of stuff around there, none of it relevant to the discussion.

CISA is the one who mandates these controls and who manages the public/private relationship. Who issues the active exploration warnings. Who suggests legislation to prevent this in the future, including mandatory software updates. If your question was only a trite recitation of the fact that private enterprise consistently refuses to practice cybersecurity then you've added nothing. If your question was about who wat…