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City Manager Al Braithwaite (left), Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri (center) and Mayor Eric Seidel of Oldsmar, Florida, say a hacker infiltrated the city s water treatment network and dangerously increased the level of lye. (Photo: YouTube)
A hacker breached a Florida city s 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 intrusion and quickly reverse the setting before it took effect. Reuters reports that the intruder was able to access the water treatment network software after first gaining access to TeamViewer remote access and control software.
A satellite view of Oldsmar s water reclamation facility (Photo: Google Maps)
As the investigation into the hacking of a water treatment facility in Florida continues, cybersecurity experts say the incident points to the urgent need to enhance operational technology security. The lesson to be learned here is that public sector organizations that provide critical services - which are largely unregulated for security - need some scrutiny on their IT and OT security, says Mike Hamilton, the CISO of CI Security, who formerly worked at the Department of Homeland Security.
The Friday attack against the water treatment facility in Oldsmar, Florida, is being investigated by the local Pinellas County Sheriff s Office, which has notified the FBI and U.S. Secret Service.
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The University of Arizona Global Campus and MzeroA Announce Partnership
January 23, 2021 GMT
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SAN DIEGO, Jan. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The University of Arizona Global Campus (UAGC) has announced a new academic partnership with in-flight training provider MzeroA that will offer students the opportunity to further their education in drone operations.
“Expertise in drone operations is an important credential in many business sectors today,” said Dr. Craig Swenson, President of UAGC. “Through our educational partnership with MzeroA, we will help students and professionals as they work to achieve this qualification and expand their career options.”