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City Manager Al Braithwaite (left), Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri (center) and Mayor Eric Seidel of Oldsmar, Florida, say a hacker infiltrated the city s water treatment network and dangerously increased the level of lye. (Photo: YouTube)
A hacker breached a Florida city s water treatment network on Friday, increasing the amount of lye that would have been added to the water to a dangerous level.
But city officials in Oldsmar, Florida, say they were able to spot the intrusion and quickly reverse the setting before it took effect. Reuters reports that the intruder was able to access the water treatment network software after first gaining access to TeamViewer remote access and control software.
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