Scary stuff, it’s simply unbelievable how vulnerable critical infrastructure is here in the United States. Vulnerable to attack over the internet? We need to do better.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13337445/russian-attack-cyber-cyberattack-texas-town-water-tower.html
The hack in Muleshoe, a community of 5,000 not far from the New Mexico border, led to the tower overflowing with thousands of gallons for almost an hour, leading to a state of emergency to be declared.
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The city manager for Muleshoe, instance, reportedly said in a public meeting that the attack on the town’s utility is what caused the tank to overflow.
Officials in the nearby towns of Abernathy, Hale Center and Lockney also said they’d been ‘affected,’ with the well system for the former seen in the interface shown on the Telegram screen recording
All three towns reportedly disabled the software overseeing their utilities to prevent its exploitation, but officials in each locale also insisted service to customers in each case was never explicitly interrupted.