It's being a crazy week for hackers.
The Sheriff’s Office learned of the attack and began investigating Friday evening, Gualtieri said. Investigators don’t yet know whether the attack originated within or outside Pinellas County, Florida or the United States. If the attacker is apprehended, he said, they’ll face state felony charges and possibly federal charges.
Hold up
Florida water wasn’t poisoned already?
He on some deus ex s*** how you hack the water supply into being poisoned
How do you "hack" water?
Someone remotely accessed a computer for the city’s water treatment system and briefly increased the amount of sodium hydroxide, also known as lye, by a factor of more than 100, Gualtieri said at a news conference Monday. The chemical is used in small amounts to control the acidity of water but it’s also a corrosive compound commonly found in household cleaning supplies such as liquid drain cleaners.
Dude probably watched Batman Begins and thought this was a good idea
Hah, a simple security flaw in their systems! Preferably zero day exploit or elevated admin privileges exploit lol..
Someone remotely accessed a computer for the city’s water treatment system and briefly increased the amount of sodium hydroxide, also known as lye, by a factor of more than 100, Gualtieri said at a news conference Monday. The chemical is used in small amounts to control the acidity of water but it’s also a corrosive compound commonly found in household cleaning supplies such as liquid drain cleaners.
Dude probably watched Batman Begins and thought this was a good idea
This dude is a villain straight out of 24.