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  "url": "https://theconversation.com/how-hackers-attack-municipal-water-systems-and-why-the-utilities-are-so-vulnerable-288864",
  "title": "How hackers attack municipal water systems – and why the utilities are so vulnerable",
  "summary": "A cybersecurity researcher explains how hackers target small computers that control a water system’s tanks, pipes and valves.",
  "authors": "William Akoto, Assistant Professor of Global Security, American University School of International Service",
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  "topics": "environment",
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