US tries to secure small infrastructure against cyberattacks
Iranian hacking of a small town in Pennsylvania has highlighted the difficulty facing cities, towns and states as they try to secure their cyber infrastructure.
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Iranian hacking of a small town in Pennsylvania has highlighted the difficulty facing cities, towns and states as they try to secure their cyber infrastructure.
The danger, officials say, is hackers gaining control of automated equipment to shut down pumps that supply drinking water or contaminate drinking water by reprogramming automated chemical treatments.
The danger, officials say, is hackers gaining control of automated equipment to shut down pumps that supply drinking water or contaminate drinking water.
The hacking of a municipal water authority in a small Pennsylvania town is prompting new warnings from U.S. security officials as the U.S. wrestles with how to harden water utilities against hackers.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The tiny Aliquippa water authority in western Pennsylvania was perhaps the least-suspecting victim of an international cyberattack. It had never had outside help in …