Attempted mass poisoning over SSH

Attempted mass poisoning over SSH

Postby lady_*nix » Tue Feb 09, 2021 5:53 pm

So uh this is horrifying: someone attempted to poison the entire city of Oldsmar, FL by hacking into their water treatment plant and boosting the amount of lye being injected x100 or so.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... ar-florida

https://www.tampabay.com/news/pinellas/ ... riff-says/
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Re: Attempted mass poisoning over SSH

Postby Rommie » Tue Feb 09, 2021 8:32 pm

People are fucking weird.

Also, this actually happens more often than you'd think. I remember when I was a kid we had to not use water from the tap for drinking for a few days because some disgruntled worker poured something into the supply- IIRC it was nowhere near enough to actually cause damage, most likely, but was enough they put out a boil warning.
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Re: Attempted mass poisoning over SSH

Postby Sigma_Orionis » Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:11 pm

Hope they catch the SOB
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Re: Attempted mass poisoning over SSH

Postby SciFiFisher » Wed Feb 10, 2021 5:17 pm

Well, that is just disturbing.
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Re: Attempted mass poisoning over SSH

Postby code monkey » Sat Feb 13, 2021 12:10 am

SciFiFisher wrote:Well, that is just disturbing.


gee, you have such a gift for understatement!
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Re: Attempted mass poisoning over SSH

Postby SciFiFisher » Sat Feb 13, 2021 12:30 am

code monkey wrote:
SciFiFisher wrote:Well, that is just disturbing.


gee, you have such a gift for understatement!


I am practicing a Chinese proverb. "It is better to be scared than to be terrified".
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