Unidentified individuals in the United States hacked into the computer system of a water treatment plant for the city of Oldsmar, Florida, and tried to raise a hazardous chemical in the water, reports the Tampa Bay Times.
With the help of TeamViewer, unknown persons gained remote access to the computer of one of the workers and tried to increase the level of alkali hundreds of times – it is used in a small dosage to regulate the acidity of water, and in a large dosage it could poison the water and harm more than 15 thousand people living in the city.
The workers noticed what was happening in time and prevented the leakage of the alkali. Local police said that the FBI will be involved in the investigation. At the press conference, they recalled another case in the United States: in 2007, the concentration of this substance in water in the city of Massachusetts led to skin damage and burns in many people.
In December last year, it was reported that the United States experienced a number of cyberattacks on infrastructure facilities.