Hacker tries to dump chemical into Florida city's water


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 09 Feb 2021

A city in Florida had its water supply system hacked into, with the attacker forcing it to dump a potentially dangerous additive into the water. — Bloomberg

An unknown hacker broke into a Florida city's water supply and briefly pushed levels of a potentially dangerous additive up 100-fold, local law enforcement said Monday.

The hack was noticed quickly and reversed immediately, so no one in the Tampa suburb of Oldsmar was ever in danger, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said.

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