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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 again...

Remote access interface breached at Florida utility; attacker detected raising level of sodium hydroxide in water. An attacker broke into the Florida city of Oldsmar's water treatment system on Feb. 5 and temporarily set the amount of lye applied to drinking water to toxic levels before an operator discovered the breach and corrected the settings. Local officials from Oldsmar and Pinellas County, Fla., said in a press briefing today that the water supply itself was not affected and the public was "never in danger." The attacker was able to remotely access the system for up to five minutes and...

OLDSMAR — Prior to being elected in March 2019, Oldsmar Mayor Eric Seidel said the development of the downtown district was his top priority. When the City Council agreed to allow a local developer to build a boutique hotel, complete with rooftop bar and parking garage, on a portion of the 10-acre parcel adjacent to City Hall in May 2019, it appeared his campaign promise would soon become a reality. But issues with the Simone Development Group arose from the start as the local, family-owned hotel builders presented preliminary plans that did not include the rooftop bar, something the cou...