--- title: DEF CON hackers add new muscle to water utility protection description: The DEF CON Franklin project is expanding its efforts to protect water utilities and critical infrastructure by adding new security providers, employing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/def-con-hackers-add-new-muscle-to-water-utility-protection-8siuqfdwa twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: DEF CON hackers add new muscle to water utility protection | daily.dev og:description: The DEF CON Franklin project is expanding its efforts to protect water utilities and critical infrastructure by adding new security providers, employing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/def-con-hackers-add-new-muscle-to-water-utility-protection-8siuqfdwa og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/8siUqFDwA.png og:image:alt: DEF CON hackers add new muscle to water utility protection og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # DEF CON hackers add new muscle to water utility protection **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The DEF CON Franklin project is expanding its efforts to protect water utilities and critical infrastructure by adding new security providers, employing digital twins, and leveraging AI. The initiative, inspired by the success of DEF CON's Voting Village model, is now enlisting the broader hacker community to harden critical infrastructure security. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is the DEF CON Franklin project and what does it do for critical infrastructure security? The DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructure, particularly water utilities. It adds new security providers and employs digital twins and AI as part of its approach. The initiative is modeled after DEF CON's Voting Village, whose security reports proved so successful that the concept is being expanded to involve the whole of DEF CON. _Security engineers working on critical infrastructure protection follow developments like the Franklin project on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [DEF CON hackers 'fed up with government,' Jake Braun says](https://daily.dev/posts/def-con-hackers-fed-up-with-government-jake-braun-says-7qnmchfik) · The Register · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Cloud CISO Perspectives: Tips on securing the water sector in the AI era](https://daily.dev/posts/cloud-ciso-perspectives-tips-on-securing-the-water-sector-in-the-ai-era-knlcc0zbg) · Google Cloud · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/def-con-hackers-add-new-muscle-to-water-utility-protection-8siuqfdwa) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"DEF CON hackers add new muscle to water utility protection","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/def-con-hackers-add-new-muscle-to-water-utility-protection-8siuqfdwa","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/def-con-hackers-add-new-muscle-to-water-utility-protection-8siuqfdwa"},"datePublished":"2026-08-10T21:12:33.953Z","dateModified":"2026-08-10T21:12:54.990Z","description":"The DEF CON Franklin project is expanding its efforts to protect water utilities and critical infrastructure by adding new security providers, employing...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/2bc68ae5fb47b441ebe35a63fc7cc360?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/2bc68ae5fb47b441ebe35a63fc7cc360?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Register","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Register","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/66aa2113fdad463992ffcbf0e8963fda","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/theregister"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/def-con-hackers-add-new-muscle-to-water-utility-protection-8siuqfdwa","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"security","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Register","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/theregister"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"DEF CON hackers add new muscle to water utility protection"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/def-con-hackers-add-new-muscle-to-water-utility-protection-8siuqfdwa#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is the DEF CON Franklin project and what does it do for critical infrastructure security?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructure, particularly water utilities. 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