Miami-Dade Water & Sewer Does Risk Assessment After Florida Water Plant Hack

Miami FL

10 February, 2021

6:44 PM

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CBS Miami February 10, 2021 Secret Service and FBI cyber units are trying to determine who is behind the hack of a water treatment plant in Pinellas County. According to investigators, on Friday, a supervisor at the plant in Oldsmar noticed a hacker, or hackers, controlling the computer system's mouse, opening various functions on the screen, and changing the sodium hydroxide in the water supply from about 100 parts per million to 11,100 parts per million. "This is obviously a significant and potentially dangerous increase. Sodium hydroxide, also known as lye, is the main ingredient in liquid drain cleaners," said Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri. Read more at CBS Miami