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posted ago by PatriotPen ago by PatriotPen +1578 / -0

Supervisor promptly reversed the action after noticing lye measurements suddenly changing wildly.

Local and federal authorities are investigating how a hacker was able to remotely gain access to a Florida city’s water treatment plant in an unsuccessful attempt at what could have amounted to a mass poisoning.

Yeah, let's give China access to our power grid too. This should be fun.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/08/hacker-water-supply-oldsmar-florida

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Comingupblank 6 points ago +6 / -0

You would be surprised how many control valves, metering devices, etc are wireless and connected to an online system.

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AuthorPatriot 7 points ago +7 / -0

Yeah I used to coat eye glass lenses. The machines were hooked up online just because the manager was a lazy POS who'd rather instruct his techs over the phone while remoting in himself.

America - so great, our greatness trips us up into ultimate harm's way!