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Source: Hackers Modify Water Treatment Parameters by Accident

Hackers Modify Water Treatment Parameters by Accident

Bad network design exposes water treatment plant to hacking

Mar 22, 2016 15:25 GMT  ·  By  
A group of hackers, previously involved in various hacktivism campaigns, have accidentally made their way into an ICS/SCADA system installed at a water treatment facility and have altered crucial settings that controlled the amount of chemicals used to treat tap water.
This strange hacking incident is described in Verizon's 2016 Data Breach Digest (page 38, Scenario 8), a collection of case studies that the company's RISK team was brought in to investigate.

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