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A hacker tried to poison a Calif. water supply
- tracedddd 5y agoI’m not sure we will ever be unhackable, but I think very basic sanity checks throughout these systems should be able to prevent true catastrophe.
- kwdc 5y agoPerhaps a better headline: Terrorist attempts massacre by poisoning water supply.
- C19is20 5y ago"motive unknown" implies not terrorism?
- jmu1234567890 5y agoSeems like this has happened before? https://theprepared.com/blog/hackers-infiltrated-a-florida-water-treatment-plant-a-few-days-ago-and-almost-poisoned-the-town-with-lye-how-do-you-prepare-for-attacks-like-this/ https://theprepared.com/blog/hackers-infiltrated-a-florida-w...
- jnxx 5y agoThis reminds me in the poison plot of the Nakam group: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakam The water supplies are just one example - so much in our civilization rests on trust. I think it would be better to accept that there is no absolute safety and the only thing that will make us collectively safer is to create and maintain good and peaceful relations.