News Briefs: FBI Investigating Water Treatment Plant Hacking in San Francisco

Just as the Water Sector Coordinating Council released the results of a survey showing the cybersecurity preparedness levels of the water industry, a story surfaced about the FBI looking into a hacker’s attempt to poison the water at a San Francisco Bay Area treatment facility. The hacker used the remote login credentials of a former employee and deleted programs the treatment plant was using to treat its water.The cyberattack was discovered the next day, and officials reinstalled the programs and changed its passwords.Failure at Chemical Plant Causes Chlorine Shortage in Oregon A major electrical failure at a chemical plant has caused a