Based on these findings and observations from other activity, the advisory includes threat overviews for desktop sharing software and Windows 7 end of life. Thanks to proactive staff action and system safeguards which were in place, the threat was averted and the public was never put at risk.Īccording to the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA): “The advisory states cyber actors likely accessed the system by exploiting cybersecurity weaknesses, such as an outdated operating system (Windows 7), and that it is possible a desktop sharing software (TeamViewer) may have been used to gain access to the system.
On February 5 th, a hacker gained access to the plant and increased the sodium hydroxide (commonly known as lye) in the water to a dangerous level, altering it from 100 parts per million to 11,100 ppm.
Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Agency and the Multi-State Information & Analysis Center, part of the nonprofit Center for Internet Security-comes on the heels of a cyberattack on the Oldsmar, Florida water treatment plant. The Advisory-jointly authored by the FBI, U.S. Following up on our December 2020 post regarding the SolarWinds cybersecurity breach, we wanted to provide a link to the Februjoint Cybersecurity Advisory issued by the federal government.
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