What if the next strike isn’t a missile over Tehran but a malware-laced outage in Georgia’s water system, or a ransomware lockout at a hospital in New Mexico?

This weekend’s U.S. strike on Iranian nuclear sites—Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan—escalated tensions. Iran has threatened retaliation and hinted at strangling global oil markets. But much of the response may come not in bombs, but through cyber meansaimed at the systems we count on every day, our water, power, food, and emergency services.

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