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[ NNSquad ] Panic over "cyberattack" on water plant caused by already failing pump and traveling employee
Panic over "cyberattack" on water plant caused by already failing pump and traveling employee
http://j.mp/rrvMXR (Washington Post)
A water-pump failure in Illinois that appeared to be the first foreign
cyberattack on a public utility in the United States was in fact
caused by a plant contractor traveling in Russia, according to a
source familiar with a federal investigation of the incident.
...
The water pump in question had been experiencing problems, turning on
and off and eventually failing, water district board members said. The
pump has malfunctioned several times in recent years, a DHS official
said.
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I loved watching the so-called experts on television who were declaring
this was definitely a cyberattack.
--Lauren--
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