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‘Lifeline-critical’ infrastructure systems face cyber security threat from Tehran and China, state governors told

Jake Sullivan, Joe Biden’s national security adviser, sent a warning to state governors asking them to be on guard for potential cyber attacks on their critical infrastructure systems. Environmental Protection Agency head Michael Regan Credit: Andrew Harnik/AP It comes after figures associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps(IRGC), the Iranian state security body, were identified by Washington as carrying out cyber attacks against critical US infrastructure entities, including drinking water systems. The US government had assessed with a high degree of confidence that Volt Typhoon is “pre-positioning” to “disrupt critical infrastructure operations” in the event of rising tensions or military conflicts, the letter said.

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