breached plant employees used same teamviewer

It was, needless to say, a security incident that caught the intention of security professionals, the national security community, as well as the White House. Earlier this week, in fact, the bureau reportedly sent out an alert called a Private Industry Notification, or FBI PIN, warning about issues that led to the near-catastrophe in the Florida town of Oldsmar, where a hacker was able to gain access to the computer network controlling the town’s water treatment plant. The Oldsmar water plant hack that was thwarted in recent days - sparing the town of some 15,000 people near Tampa, Florida, from having their water supply poisoned - has, no surprise, caught the attention of the FBI.

The FBI alert pointed to the use of TeamViewer on computers running Windows 7, which is now very outdated, along with the sharing of passwords, as all contributing to this hack.Luckily, an employee caught them and stopped the intrusion. As part of that hack, someone was able to access the local water treatment plant’s computer systems and increase the amount of sodium hydroxide in the water supply.The FBI has issued an alert highlighting some of the security issues found after investigating the recent Oldsmar water hack in Florida.

Breached plant employees used same teamviewer