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OLDSMAR — The city of Oldsmar became world renowned for all the wrong reasons after the North Pinellas community’s water treatment plant suffered a software breach over Super Bowl weekend. The Feb. 5 hack, which investigators said involved an unknown party accessing the facility’s computer system and altering the chemical composition of the water supply, received international attention and shined a spotlight on the shortcomings of a critical component of the nation’s infrastructure system. Officials said the breach attempted to raise the level of sodium hydroxide, commonl...

Feb 10, 2021 4:06 AM PT A cyber intruder broke into the computer network of the water treatment system of a Florida city and attempted to poison it with lye. News of the attack was made public Monday by officials of Oldsmar, who revealed the attack was foiled by an operator at the facility within minutes of its launch. After gaining access to the city's water system through software used by employees for remote network access, the intruder increased the levels of sodium hydroxide in the system from 100 parts per million to 11,000 parts per million. Sodium hydroxide, commonly known as lye, is ...

“The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win” By Maria Konnikova 326 pages Konnikova is a psychologist with an interest in con artistry and game theory. She approached her publisher inspired by Colson Whitehead’s Noble Shuffle, where a magazine gave a novelist 10K to play a Vegas poker tournament. It was an entertainment. Konnikova does another take — ultimately as entertaining, and more helpful to the novice. The author wasn’t a player when she pitched the idea to her publisher, but gave herself a year to try to win at a Vegas tournament...

OLDSMAR — When Vincent Jackson appeared in the Oldsmar City Council Chambers building in August 2019, the former Tampa Bay Buccaneers star literally stood out in the crowd. The 6-foot, 5-inch wide receiver, who played 12 seasons in the NFL, including five with the Bucs, struck an imposing figure, impeccably dressed and bowing to reach the microphone as a member of a group presenting a proposal for a development as part of the Oldsmar Town Center project. The three-time Pro Bowler had already developed friendships with some council members, and while Jackson’s group wasn’t selec...

Get Permission Following the hacking of a Florida water treatment plant, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is warning the operators of other plants to be on the lookout for hackers who exploit remote access software and outdated operating systems - and to take risk mitigation steps. But the advice applies to other organizations as well, some security experts say. The investigation into the breach of the water treatment facility in Oldsmar, Florida, continues. Local officials say a hacker gained remote access to a system to increase the amount of lye in the city's water sys...