By Chris Riotta
Aug 03, 2021
When hackers exploited an outdated version of Windows in an apparent attempt to poison the water supply in Oldsmar, Fla., ThreatLocker co-founder and CEO Danny Jenkins said he wasn t just alarmed that the attackers had gained remote access to the plant s TeamViewer software to jack up levels of sodium hydroxide to a lethal dosage. It more concerning to the cybersecurity executive that a single operator could tamper with the chemical levels regardless of whether that person was a hacker or utility employee.
The legacy infrastructure common in local water treatment plants lacks even the most basic cybersecurity controls. Why was an operator, a single person, able to turn a dial that could poison the water? Jenkins said in a recent interview. Water companies tend to live in the past because their technologies live in the past … Regardless of the IT parts of this and the controls we put in place, the limitations need to be put in place as well.
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JAMMU, JULY 17: To create awareness about various technological solutions available for solid waste management by local bodies, Suresh Chugh, Chairman, Pollution Control Committee inaugurated an ‘Organic Waste Convertor Unit’ and Material recovery Facility in Municipal Committee, Katra.
B.M Sharma, Member Secretary, JKPCC; Dr. Syed Nadeem Hussain, Regional Director JKPCC; J.N. Sharma, Environmental Engineer, PCC; Ashok Gupta AEE JKPCC; Divisional Officer Hans Raj Galoch, JKPCC Reasi; Preet Sharma Chief Executive Officer Municipal Committee, Katra; Anuradha, Scientist, JKPCC; President Municipal Committee, Katra with all elected ward members & other officers of Municipal Committee Katra were also present on the occasion.