INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Crews were investigating an underground pipe that ruptured in downtown Indianapolis and sent hot steam and debris into the air through a manhole in the street. The Indianapolis Fire Department received reports of heavy smoke around Michigan Street and Senate Avenue around 2:40 p.m. Saturday, according to the Indianapolis Star. Fire officials reported heavy steam and debris in the streets. Nearby streets were closed. No one.
On July 1, 2020, Dr. Tom Iseley joined the faculty at Purdue University as the Beavers Heavy Construction Distinguished Fellow as a full professor of engineering practice in Construction Engineering and Management (CEM), College of Engineering, in West Lafayette, Indiana.
In February, someone hacked into the drinking water system in suburban Tampa, Florida and could ve poisoned it. Thankfully, it didn t get that far.
According to the FBI, the number of complaints about cyberattacks were up to as many as 4,000 per day last year: a 400 percent increase from what they were seeing before the pandemic.
Ransoms paid to cybercriminals are also on the rise up more than 300 percent. What we have to recognize is that these attacks we re seeing right now are absolutely preventable with minimal effort, said Rick Cole, a former CIA hacker and cybersecurity commissioner to the Obama administration. These municipalities need to make cyber a top priority.
May 5, 2021 / 09:19 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) Utilities went four months without cutting off service to a single customer during the coronavirus pandemic.
When a government-mandated moratorium ended, service disconnections skyrocketed and, in some cases, more than doubled compared to same time a year earlier.
When utility companies started to cut off service, many of had already came to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission asking for rate increases.
According to numbers obtained by News 8 from the state government, AES Indiana, the former Indianapolis Power & Light Co., cut off service to 2,000 customers as the moratorium ended. Duke Energy, which serves much of central Indiana surrounding Indianapolis, waited a few weeks but then cut off 3,700 customers.