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13669010473?profile=RESIZE_400xThere has and will be debates on how governments can regulate the current cyber advancements, which are changing at lightning speed.  As an example, water and wastewater entities in the State of New York, that will soon have access to a new $2.5 million grant program to help them mitigate the costs of forthcoming cybersecurity regulations.

This past week, NY state officials announced the new funding pool alongside the proposed regulations, which would require regulated water and wastewater syste

13452756465?profile=RESIZE_180x180The New York Blood Center (NYBC) said it suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted operations and forced it to reschedule some operations.  NYBC is one of the largest independent blood collection and distribution organizations.  It collects about 4,000 units of blood products daily and serves more than 75 million people at over 200 hospitals across the Northeast and 500 nationwide.  The cyber incident occurred while the blood center was already facing a critical shortage due to a decline in th