is what I asked several AI's.
The answer?
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Yes, U.S. critical infrastructure is currently under **active and escalating cyberattack** from state-sponsored actors, primarily **Iran**, **China**, and **Russia**. Recent incidents include a widespread wave of attacks in **July 2026** targeting **more than 30 water treatment plants** across **12 states**, which disrupted services and forced some facilities to switch to manual operations. Federal agencies, including the **FBI** and **CISA**, have confirmed these attacks and are investigating links to **Iranian-backed groups** who are also targeting energy and telecommunications sectors.
Beyond immediate disruptions, **Chinese state-sponsored actors** like **Volt Typhoon** have been conducting long-term, stealthy intrusions into critical systems for years, aiming to **pre-position for future sabotage** during potential conflicts. Intelligence officials warn that these actors have already gained footholds in communications, energy, and water networks to enable widespread service degradation if tensions escalate. While the recent water system attacks caused limited public safety impacts, the broader threat environment remains severe, with the energy sector alone facing an average of **1,160 attack attempts per week** per organization in 2024.
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Try asking for yourself. Makes for an interesting read. It prompted me to once again evaluate our home situation in terms of the common attack, cyber. Given the nature of pretty much all infrastructure control, the extremely low cost and footprint of such attacks, and above all the efficiency of the US government to counter such attacks.... Rut Ro Reorge.
Electricity has to be number one for us. We can live without it here at Castle Numbskull, but most people can't and our support systems certainly cannot. The only response that makes sense for us is to 'power proof' our lives even more.
Food is neck and neck with electricity. We can stock up as well as anyone can, but over time that will get thin. I must think on that, and do so more rapidly.
Water. With power, good stuff. Without power, we have it but it'll be work.
Heat. Covered for some time. With a short notice I could have us set for the whole winter.
Defense of house and home. As good as our dysfunctional mess is going to get. Not great, but it's not nothing.
Meds. We are a reliant family regarding meds. All of us have some issue or another that is going to get hurtful if we lack meds long term. We do the best we can, but more than a few months disruption is going to be problematic.
Thoughts move on to secondary areas, and then tertiary. All in all I think we would be fine for a few months of disruption. As it stands today, anyway.
