In honor of its 125th anniversary, the Kansas City, Kansas, Chamber of Commerce reflected on a long history of neighborhood improvement and unveiled plans to further revitalize Wyandotte County.
A former employee of a water district plant in Ellsworth, Kan., allegedly logged in and attempted to tamper with the public drinking water system. This is just one of several recent hacks on water systems nationwide.
Ex-Employee Remotely Hacks Kansas Water Treatment Plant A former employee of a water district plant in Ellsworth, Kan., allegedly logged in and attempted to tamper with the public drinking water system. This is just one of several recent hacks on water systems nationwide. Jonathan Shorman and Steve Vockrodt, The Kansas City Star | April 13, 2021 | Analysis
(TNS) Wyatt Travnichek was just entering his 20s, but he had a vital job.
After residents across eight central Kansas counties headed home for the night, Travnichek would keep watch virtually over the utility that supplied them with clean drinking water.
As a worker at the Post Rock Rural Water District, headquartered in Ellsworth, he was periodically responsible for monitoring the plant after hours by remotely logging into its computer system. His duties lasted until he resigned in January 2019, the circumstances of which are unclear.