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Texas Leads Cyber Defense for Water Systems | US News
Texas is launching Project Watershed 250 — a six-month cybersecurity pilot to shield its water systems from foreign hackers, using AI and federal-state-private sector collaboration. Led by the Texas Cyber Command and backed by Microsoft and the White House, this first-of-its-kind initiative aims to create unified cyber defenses at no cost to utilities, potentially setting a national blueprint. Recent attacks, including a suspected Iranian-linked breach in Minnesota, underscore the urgency — even if not directly tied to this program, they’re accelerating the push to modernize critical…
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