Hacker changed chemical level at Oldsmar water treatment facility A hacker gained access to the Oldsmar's water treatment plant, bumping the sodium hydroxide in the water to a "dangerous" level, according to Sheriff Gualtieri.Commentsview comments in forum Page 1 You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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The Florida water treatment facility whose computer system experienced a potentially hazardous computer breach last week used an unsupported version of Windows with no firewall and shared the same TeamViewer password among its employees, government officials have reported.
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According to an advisory from the state of Massachusetts, employees with the Oldsmar facility used a computer running Windows 7 to remotely access plant controls known as a SCADA�short for �supervisory control and data acquisition��system. What�s more, the computer had no firewall installed and used a password that was shared among employees for remotely logging in to city systems with the TeamViewer application.
https://arstechnica.com/information-tec ... -firewall/
The only way to secure infrastructure is to make it air-gapped from the Internet. Or at least use a basic firewall.