Was a Florida Water Treatment Plant Hacked?
Origin On Feb. 8, 2021, officials from Florida’s Pinellas County held a news conference in which they announced that “an unlawful intrusion into the city of Oldsmar computer system that [controls] its water treatment plant” had occurred a few days prior on Feb. 5. The intruder was allegedly able to initiate a hundredfold increase in the concentration of a chemical used to balance water pH at a water treatment facility in the gulf coast town of Oldsmar, Florida. As reported by Wired, the assertions “have yet to be corroborated firsthand by external security auditors,” but local law e...
Source: snopes.com
