Hacker Accessed CA Water Treatment System
INCIDENT
A hacker was easily able to get in to a San Francisco Bay Area water treatment facility in mid-January and delete programs used to treat drinking water, a senior intelligence official said Thursday. The hacker used a former plant employee’s username and password to gain entry to the unidentified Bay Area water treatment facility Jan. 15, according to a NBC News report.
Type of Malware
No Malware identified
Threat Source
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