A hacker remotely gained access to a Florida city's water treatment plant in an unsuccessful attempt to fill the water supply with a potentially harmful chemical, authorities said.
A hacker gained entry to the system controlling the water treatment plant of a city of 15,000 people and tried to taint the water supply with a caustic chemical, police say.
Authorities in Oldsmar, Fla., are investigating after someone hijacked the computer system at the city’s water treatment facility and tried to drive up the water’s sodium hydroxide content to poisonous levels. The targeted plant is the primary source of drinking water for the city’s businesses and its 15,000 residents.
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