Water System Attack on City Water Station Destroys Pump

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Last week a disclosure was made about a public water district SCADA system hack. There have been several reports in the press concerning the attack on control system of the city water utility in Springfield, Illinois and the resulting burn-out of a pump. Law enforcement is investigating.

[UPDATE] 11/29/2011 - Department of Homeland Security officials are now saying that the water-pump failure in Illinois wasn't cyberattack after all. READ MORE

ICS-CERT Report - (ICSB-11-327-01—ILLINOIS WATER PUMP FAILURE REPORT)

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