It’s scary to think that hackers could poison a city’s water supply. But were Oldsmar residents in any real danger during last Friday’s attack? County officials say no. For one thing, the plant operator who noticed the increase in sodium hydroxide took quick action to undo the...
For monitoring of an infrastructure plant, I can imagine status messages emitted once per second. In typical cases — like a water treatment plant — changes significant to the safety or stability of operations will take place over a span from minutes to hours. Even if a substantial percentage ...
The change was immediately detected by a plant operator, who changed the levels back before the attack had any impact on the system. According to a Massachusetts security advisory published Wednesday, the attackers accessed the water treatment plant’s SCADA controls via TeamViewer, which is remote ...
Empirical evaluations using data collected in a testbed representing a small-scale water treatment plant uncovered 32 out of the 36 cyber incidents; exceeding the performance of state-of-the-art. We also show that the proposed approach identifies the exploited sensors/actuators with more than 8-15...
This was just hours before someone broke into the computer system for the city’s water treatment plant and tried to poison drinking water. Although the site likely played no role in the intrusion, the incident remains unsettling. This is not a typical watering hole. We have medium confidence...
A cyber threat actor cracked into the systems of a Florida water treatment plant leveraging the TeamViewer remote access tool, and ordered the system to…
1.8.1 Drinking Water Treatment Drinking water treatment plant could be classified into: – Disinfection plant which is used for high-quality water source to ensure that water does not contain pathogens – Filtration plant: this is usually used to treat surface water – Softening plant which is us...
Like most wastewater treatment facilities throughout the US, you’re battling all types of water issues and doing it on an ever tightening budget while facing more regulations. In this guide, ATS Innova offers five secrets that will reduce your wastewater treatment plant’s operational costs while...
These efforts are critical, though, as utilities face looming threats, like what the city of Oldsmar experienced in the attack on its water treatment plant. It's also important to focus on what Sudduth calls the "change temperament" of the organization and identify change agents who can help...
Often, these digital assets are necessary for the target company to accomplish basic, day-to-day work. A successful attack, as a result, can cause serious downtime for an organization. Why Does Water Utility Security Matter? Water treatment plants may not seem like an obvious target for hacke...