Foreign Hackers Targeted U.S. Water Plant In Apparent Malicious Cyber Attack, Expert Says -- Washington PostForeign hackers broke into a water plant control system in Illinois last week and damaged a water pump in what appears to be the first reported case of a malicious cyber attack damaging a critical computer system in the United States, according to an industry expert.
On Nov. 8, a municipal water district employee in Illinois noticed problems with the city’s water pump control system, and a technician determined the system had been remotely hacked into from a computer located in Russia, said Joe Weiss, an industry security expert who obtained a copy of an Illinois state fusion center report describing the incident.
“This is a big deal,” said Weiss. The report stated it is unknown how many other systems might be affected.
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Update: Foreign cyber attack hits US infrastructure: expert -- Breitbart/AFP
My Comment: This is the first reported case of a malicious cyber attack damaging a critical computer system in the United States. I expect this to not be the last. The key now is to confirm who did this .... a hacker .... or a government.
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