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.

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…