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The recent hacks appear to have used what cybersecurity experts call a "water hole" attack.
CNN: Doug Gross,
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"In these gloomy times where unemployment benefits are, for a number of us, the only means to keep our heads above water, the attack on them today is a real catastrophe, " it said.
BBC: Artists stage a die-in in Avignon
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Then, aiming upward, you can shoot out of the water like a nuclear attack sub.
WSJ: Jetlev R200 Jetpack: Personal Flight, Beyond Bond
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After each attack, the scientists recorded the precise geographical location and the depth of the water, as well as whether the attack was successful or not.
BBC: Earth News - Great whites 'plan' seal attacks
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The mating pair were both speared in an attack on the water near Throop Mill in Bournemouth.
BBC: Dorset swans are speared in "cowardly" crossbow attack
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And then there's the danger, as Hamm sees it, of federal regulation of fracking, which has come under attack for supposedly polluting underground water supplies.
FORBES: Focus
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Although the company has won some juicy concessions to supply water internationally, its domestic business is under attack (see box).
ECONOMIST: Suez and Lyonnaise des Eaux
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On her first attempt in August, an 11-hour asthma attack and shoulder pain forced Nyad out of the water about 29 hours into her swim.
CNN: Diana Nyad making fourth attempt at Cuba-to-Florida swim
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Ronald Dick, director of the FBI's National Infrastructure Committee, told a House subcommittee hearing that the nation's water supply may seem to be a logical target for a terrorist attack.
CNN: FBI: 'No specific, credible threats' to drinking water
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For example, the supply of electricity, water and sewage systems are unpredictable and need to be appropriately protected from attack.
ECONOMIST: The conflict over Iraq
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While the nature of this threat landscape is uncertain, the potential damage a cyber-attack could pose to our internet-dependent telecommunications, power and even water infrastructure, has seen cyber security rise sharply up government agendas around the world in the last five years.
CNN: Why cyber attacks threaten our freedom