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The hacker allegedly tried to change the sodium hydroxide in the water supply from about 100 parts per million to 11,100 parts per million.

Get Permission City Manager Al Braithwaite (left), Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri (center) and Mayor Eric Seidel of Oldsmar, Florida, say a hacker infiltrated the citys water treatment network and dangerously increased the level of lye. (Photo: YouTube) A hacker breached a Florida citys water treatment network on Friday, increasing the amount of lye that would have been added to the water to a dangerous level. But city officials in Oldsmar, Florida, say they were able to spot the intru...

Hackers broke into the computer system of a facility that treats water for about 15,000 people near Tampa, Florida and sought to add a dangerous level of additive to the water supply, the Pinellas County Sheriff said on Monday.

A small Florida city's water supply was the target of a hacking attack.

An attempt to raise the level of a corrosive chemical in the water of Oldsmar, Florida, is thwarted.

Investigators say someone took over a computer that controls the city of Oldsmar’s water system and tried to poison the water supply. The FBI, Secret Service and Pinellas deputies are now looking into the case. 

Hackers broke into the computer system of a facility that treats water for about 15,000 people near Tampa, Florida, and sought to add a dangerous level of additive to the water supply, the Pinellas County Sheriff said on Monday.

Officials from Pinellas county have claimed that hackers accessed their water treatment facilities in an attempt to poison a town's residents.

The hacker allegedly tried to change the sodium hydroxide in the water supply from about 100 parts per million to 11,100 parts per million.

A hacker breached a water treatment facility Friday in Oldsmar, Fla., and increased the sodium hydroxide levels by more than 100 fold, according to police.