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  "id": 279000,
  "title": "Water utilities group partners with DEF CON offshoot for Water Watch Center",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/water-utilities-group-partners-with-def-con-offshoot-for-water-watch",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-07T18:55:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Record",
    "slug": "the-record",
    "url": "https://therecord.media/water-watch-center-utilities-def-con-franklin-nrwa"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The National Rural Water Association and a group of cybersecurity experts have formed a program to help cash-strapped utilities face the increase in threats to their systems.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}