Experts have been warning for years that hackers could soon begin to wage cyberattacks on municipal water supplies, and the wake-up call for our industry has arrived. A hacker recently used remote-access software to take control of an operator’s computer at a water treatment facility in Oldsmar, Florida, increasing the level of sodium hydroxide in the city’s drinking water by a factor of 100, according to NPR.
The treatment plant operator was quickly able to raise the alarm and respond to the situation by getting sodium hydroxide levels back to normal, but the incident grabbed the attention of the FBI and
