Florida Water Treatment Hack Highlights Infrastructure Weaknesses
A combination of lax internal security measures and outdated technology left an Oldsmar, FL water treatment plant vulnerable to hackers who attempted to manipulate treatment chemical levels. Luckily, a worker noticed a mouse pointer moving by itself, observed levels of certain chemicals fluctuating beyond safe parameters and was able to take action to stop the attack. The question now is what can municipalities do to secure infrastructure going forward?
Source: Hack exposes vulnerability of cash-strapped US water plants
