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Hackers Tried to Poison California Water Supply in Major Cyber Attack

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A hacker accessed the system of a California water treatment plant on January 15 and deleted several programs used to treat the drinking water. The hack was unnoticed until the next day, but when it was discovered the plant reinstalled all the deleted programs and reset the passwords for its employees. A few weeks after the incident in San Francisco, a hacker in Florida attempted to add a "dangerous" level of chemicals to the facility's water.

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Hackers tried to poison California water supply in major cyber attack

The previously unreported hack came just a few weeks before a plant in Florida was accessed in a cyber attack.

3 years ago·United States

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A hacker tried to poison a Calif. water supply. It was as easy as entering a password.

On Jan. 15, a hacker tried to poison a water treatment plant that served parts of the San Francisco Bay Area. It didn't seem hard.

3 years ago·United States

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A recent cyberattack was meant to poison the California water supply

Water is an essential need for every human on this planet, and a recent cyberattack was meant to poison California's water supply.

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Report: U.S. water and power supply 'highly vulnerable' to cyber attacks

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