Muni Water Suppliers Vulnerable to Hackers

As keepers of exotic animals, sometimes a great many of them, not having access to clean water can really be a problem because you can't easily pick up and relocate hundreds of reptiles. You should have a plan for an alternate source.

This particular hack occurred in Florida last week.


https://apnews.com/article/florida-w...c0eb3fb9588466


https://apnews.com/article/water-uti...f5f88a23b840f4

I followed that on the news, what an AWFUL thing for someone to do! :mad: And the sad thing is, they might have been trying this out on a smaller town to see what they could get away with before moving on to a larger urban target. Hope they catch who did this, but so far, it could be anyone, anywhere in the world. Some global enemy nations would love to mess with us this way, & our animals, being more vulnerable than us, could pay the price if it goes unnoticed.

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Originally Posted by bcr229

As keepers of exotic animals, sometimes a great many of them, not having access to clean water can really be a problem because you can't easily pick up and relocate hundreds of reptiles. You should have a plan for an alternate source.

This particular hack occurred in Florida last week.


https://apnews.com/article/florida-w...c0eb3fb9588466


https://apnews.com/article/water-uti...f5f88a23b840f4

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That's some scary stuff right there....

After everybody hoarding at the start of covid, I learned a few lessons, besides food, and an alternate cooking source

I now keep 15 cases of spring water (35 bottles per case), and 18 gallons of distilled water for the humidifier at a minimum

I figured if tap water gets a little contaminated I can run it thru the Brita filter then boil it if necessary.

I'm also going to look into getting a few of these too https://www.lifestraw.com/products/lifestraw-go

I think that's about the extent of what I can do at the house I'm in right now....

Looking at moving to WV or PA at a country house so I have a well and septic system not connected to city utilities

Maybe I'm paranoid or Maybe just prepared Opinions will vary.........

No wonder they got hacked.......

When you have a Dumba$$ in charge of your IT security

"The Florida water treatment facility whose computer system experienced a potentially hazardous computer breach last week used an unsupported version of Windows with no firewall and shared the same TeamViewer password among its employees, government officials have reported."

https://arstechnica.com/information-...d-no-firewall/

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Originally Posted by Gocntry

No wonder they got hacked.......

When you have a Dumba$$ in charge of your IT security

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Bear in mind that for the vast majority of corporations and government agencies, IT and ITSEC is an overhead cost, not a money-maker, and it's expensive so it's one of the first things on the chopping block when money gets tight. Getting hit by a hacker isn't a risk most places consider until after it happens to them. They'll spend plenty on things like physical security but they don't understand that a guy on the other side of the globe with the right tools can break into critical systems, wreak havoc, and not let you have them back until you cough up serious BTC for ransom.

I am not at all surprised about the lack of security. I have seen some things in my days of doing IT. So glad to be retired from that because the people in charge of money never want to listen to the people that understand the real risk of not having good security.