• Gearing up for cyberwar

    ON SECURITY

    Susan Bradley

    By Susan Bradley

    Once upon a time, I used to publish maps showing the location of each water pump in the city where I live.

    Fresno residents rely on the underground water supply and pump much of the drinking water from various wells throughout the city. And then Fresno — like every other city — realized that publishing information about critically important infrastructure items, such as drinking water, probably wasn’t wise. That was especially driven home after 9/11; governments realized that they were handing over helpful data to those who might use it to attack us.

    Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (19.17.0, 2022-04-25).