The Biden White House and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a warning and letter to Governors in all 50 states, warning about impending and likely cyberattacks made against water municipalities that would drastically affect the availability clean and safe drinking and bathing water.
The EPA issued their warning in a press release on March 19th, which states:
Today, March 19, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan sent a letter to all U.S. Governors inviting state environmental, health and homeland security Secretaries to a convening by their deputies to discuss the urgent need to safeguard water sector critical infrastructure against cyber threats. This meeting will highlight current federal and state efforts to promote cybersecurity practices in the water sector, discuss priority gaps in these efforts, and emphasize the need for states and water systems to take immediate action.
This virtual meeting will take place on Thursday, March 21, 2024, from 1:00pm – 2:30 pm EST. EPA will be sending meeting registration information to the states separately via email.
Drinking water and wastewater systems are a lifeline for communities, but many systems have not adopted important cybersecurity practices to thwart potential cyberattacks.
EPA and NSC take these threats very seriously and will continue to partner with state environmental, health, and homeland security leaders to address the pervasive and challenging risk of cyberattacks on water systems.
Said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan
The Biden Administration has built our national security approach on the foundational integration of foreign and domestic policy, which means elevating our focus on cross-cutting challenges like cybersecurity.
We’ve worked across government to implement significant cybersecurity standards in our nation’s critical infrastructure, including in the water sector, as we remain vigilant to the risks and costs of cyber threats. We look forward to continuing our partnership with the EPA to bolster the cybersecurity of America’s water and wastewater systems.
Said National Security Advisory Jake Sullivan
The National Security Council (NSC) and EPA are encouraging all states to join this dialogue to drive rapid improvements to water cybersecurity and reinforce collaboration between state and federal entities and water systems.
Additionally, EPA will strive to collaborate with the Water Sector and Water Government Coordinating Councils in forming a Water Sector Cybersecurity Task Force to identify near-term actions and strategies to reduce the risk of water systems nationwide to cyberattacks. In addition to considering the prevalent vulnerabilities of water systems to cyberattacks and the challenges experienced by some systems in adopting best practices, this Task Force in its deliberations would seek to build upon existing collaborative products, such as the 2023 Roadmap to a Secure and Resilient Water and Wastewater Sector and recommendations stemming from the meeting with Environmental, Health and Homeland Security Secretaries.
These collaborative efforts will result in advances that will better protect the nation’s critical water infrastructure from cyberattacks. For information about EPA’s cybersecurity program or details about the upcoming meeting please visit EPA’s Cybersecurity for the Water Sector website.
Background
Disabling cyberattacks are striking water and wastewater systems throughout the United States. These attacks, carried out by countries and criminals, have the potential to disrupt the critical lifeline of clean and safe drinking water, as well as impose significant costs on affected communities. As the Sector Risk Management Agency identified in Presidential Policy Directive 21 for water and wastewater systems, EPA is the lead federal agency for ensuring the nation’s water sector is resilient to all threats and hazards.
EPA and the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) offer guidance, tools, training, resources, and technical assistance to help water systems to execute these essential tasks. Further, cybersecurity support and technical assistance are available from state programs as well as private sector associations like the American Water Works Association, the National Rural Water Association, and the Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center. State leadership and messaging to connect water systems with these tools and resources is essential to ensure that utility leaders assess and mitigate critical cyber risks. Additionally, Homeland Security Advisors are also a resource to providing links to federal cybersecurity efforts and access to relevant information about these threats.
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
In 2021 a number of other government bodies – CISA, NSA, FBI – had also issued a national security threat about cyberattacks disrupting food and water systems throughout the country.
Again, we must remind ourselves of the sobering warning that World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab said years ago, warning that a cyberattack on a massive scale will make the Covid plandemic look like child’s play, and peaches & cream.
The WinePress has been covering this grave threat for a long time now; and I can not dogmatically say that “the big one” will happen this year (Proverbs 27:1), but I am heavily inclined to believe it could and probably will, especially as we get closer to the presidential [s]election in November.
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Hebrews 11:7
Whatever the case maybe, you need to take precautionary measures. Most people reading this will not do a thing about it, as they will just brush this off like they do most things. Oh well. Whatever your situation may be, you need to seriously make sure you have extra water (and I mean have a fair amount of it) stashed away, along with food and non-perishables, extra fuel and gas, medical supplies, security and ammunitions, and so forth. These are just basic, practical things that people should do and used to do; but convenience and the mirage that everything is hunky-dory has made people high-minded and mentally-conceited; especially amongst professing Christians in America, who have not genuinely suffered a day in their lives and are entitled, spoiled rotten, and believe that God would not allow such dangers to ever effect them, as they continue to become more and more enslaved but are too delusional to want to see it.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Proverbs 22:3
But with this in mind, the Biden administration and the military industrial complex is already laying the groundwork as to how this will be spun. ‘Oh, it was China; oh, it was Iran; lo, it was evil “Pootin.” It will act as the smokescreen and false flag to further expand world wars…
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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Thank you for the warning I will take heed to your warning.