Hackers Modify Water Treatment Parameters By Accident

From: Slashdot

An anonymous reader writes: Verizon’s RISK security team has revealed details on a data breach they investigated where some hackers (previously tied to hacktivism campaigns) breached a payments application from an unnamed water treatment and supply company [PDF, page 38], and also escalated their access to reach SCADA equipment responsible for the water treatment process. The hackers modified water treatment chemical levels four different times. . . .

 

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