Commissar SFLUFAN Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Hacker Tried to Poison Florida City's Water Supply, Police Say WWW.VICE.COM The hacker tried to drastically increase sodium hydroxide levels in the water, Pinellas County, Florida, officials said on Monday. Quote "The hacker changed the sodium hydroxide from about one hundred parts per million, to 11,100 parts per million," Gualtieri said, adding that these were "dangerous" levels. When asked if this should be considered an attempt at bioterrorism, Gualtieri said, "What it is is someone hacked into the system not just once but twice ... opened the program and changed the levels from 100 to 11,100 parts per million with a caustic substance. So, you label it however you want, those are the facts." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 I assume the would be villain was blinded, and thus thwarted, by a focus beam of light glancing off of that officer's head? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Nice to know that the local sanitation plant has a button marked "kill everyone lulz." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Florida Man at it again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 4 minutes ago, thewhyteboar said: Nice to know that the local sanitation plant has a button marked "kill everyone lulz." I think this setting is there to be able to flush all the pipes. But you obviously shouldn't be able to do it remotely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 One of these days an ICBM is gonna get hacked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Man, it’s a good thing we had a President that took cyber security seriously for four years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Uaarkson said: One of these days an ICBM is gonna get hacked. What makes you think that hasn’t already happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 34 minutes ago, Chris- said: What makes you think that hasn’t already happened? I meant hacked into launch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 I would not be surprised if our weapon systems have been compromised up to the point where the only thing preventing catastrophe is whatever manual/human input is required to finish the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Feels like maybe you shouldn't be able to log in to just any computer and be able to change something so deadly..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 It’s not like anyone would have been affected. Floridians drink soda almost exclusively Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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