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Hundreds of thousands of people in Puerto Rico wake up with no running water as rationing begins: “It’s brutal”

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Hundreds of thousands of people in Puerto Rico’s capital and surrounding communities woke up without running water as a massive rationing measure took effect Friday. It comes amid a severe drought on top of shortages due to infrastructure issues on the island. “It’s brutal,” San Juan resident Gloriany Baba told CBS News in Spanish. “It’s…

America’s water systems are getting hacked amid security gaps: “No one guarding these systems”

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A wave of cyberattacks targeting U.S. public water systems is heightening concerns about security gaps at utilities, with government officials warning that hackers are exploiting a particularly vulnerable industrial computer, according to security experts. U.S. water systems in at least a dozen states have been targeted by the attacks, which officials suspect may be linked…