ORWARN Administration
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Story out of Florida- Cyber Intrusion to the Industrial Controls at a Water Treatment Plant.
February 10, 2021
ORWARN Members: Many of you have probably heard about the cyber intrusion at a Florida water system. The link to the original article is here:
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/pinellas-oldsmar-water-system-computer-intrustion/67-512b2bab-9f94-44d7-841e-5169fdb0a0bd
ORWARN has received some additional information that we wanted to pass along regarding this intrusion. Drinking Water Services via Oregon's Critical Infrastructure Program Coordinator, Scott Burwash said the impacted system was using software called TeamViewer and that other copycat attempts on systems using this remote viewing software could be made. A link to an additional article is here:
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/09/965791252/fbi-called-in-after-hacker-tries-to-poison-tampa-area-citys-water-with-lye
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