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Warner requests answers following cyber breach on Florida water plant
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Mark Warner
You might have heard the story about hackers remotely breaching a Florida water treatment plant to try to alter water chemical levels in a move that could have poisoned thousands of residents.
Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Mark R. Warner wants to know what’s up.
Senate Intelligence Leader Seeks Answers From Probe of Florida Water Supply Hack
A top senator on Wednesday asked for details about the probe into the hacking of a Florida water plant.
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, asked officials at the FBI and the Environmental Protection Agency for information on the breach, which sought to alter water chemical levels in the Florida town of Oldsmar to a poisonous extent.
Warner wants to be informed of the progress of the FBI’s probe into the incident and that the Environmental Protection Agency review whether the facility that was hacked in is compliance with the most recent Water and Wastewater Sector-Specific Plan. He also requested confirmation that the U.S. government is sharing timely threat information related to the incident with other water and wastewater facilities.
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It further clarifies that this list of “foreign adversaries” is to be used only for purposes of the Executive Order, the Interim Rule, and any subsequent rules and not for other purposes. Commerce will periodically review the list and make changes as appropriate.
ICTS Transaction: The Interim Rule enhances the definition of “ICTS Transaction” by identifying the specific categories of transactions that are subject to the Executive Order:
Ongoing activities, such as managed services, data transmission, software updates, repairs, or the platforming or data hosting of applications for consumer download
Any other transaction, the structure of which is designed or intended to evade or circumvent the application of the Executive Order