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Hackers access program controlling Florida’s town water in attempts to poison it with harmful chemical
Hackers have broken into a water treatment facility that serves the town of Oldsmar in Florida and attempted to poison the water supply.
Key points:
- Hackers increased the amount of sodium hydroxide in the water
- An employee whose computer was hacked noticed and alerted his employer
- The water treatment facility was able to quickly revert the command
The hackers remotely gained access to a software program, named TeamViewer, on the computer of an employee at the facility to gain control of other systems, Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said.
“The guy was sitting there monitoring the computer as he’s supposed to and all of a sudden he sees a window pop up, [telling him] that the computer has been accessed,” he said.
“The next thing you know someone is…
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