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I love good news, Kansas man indicted in connection with 2019 hack at water utility

I love covering articles like this, especially when charges are filed.

A U.S. grand jury has indicted a 22-year-old man for allegedly hacking the computer system of a rural water utility in Kansas and shutting down processes
that affect procedures for cleaning and disinfecting water.
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Angela Naegele, a customer service specialist at the water utility who answered the phone Thursday, said the 2019 incident had no impact on customers’ drinking water. The utility continuously monitors its water quality and safety, Naegele added.
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The indictment did not specify whether Travnichek allegedy circumvented any security controls in his alleged break-in. Prosecutors cited the Safe Drinking Water Act, a 1974 law that mandates contamination-free standards for U.S. water systems, in bringing the charges.  

There’s definitely more here including:

Travnichek’s indictment comes two months after another high profile digital intrusion into a water treatment facility near Tampa, Florida. In that incident,
an unidentified hacker used a remote software program to breach the facility’s computer system, and temporarily changed the plant’s sodium hydroxide setting to a potentially dangerous level, according to local authorities.  A plant operator noticed and reversed the change.

This is critical infrastructure we’re dealing with, and people like this guy just don’t care.I’m glad he’s been picked up and charged.

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I love good news, Kansas man indicted in connection with 2019 hack at water utility was released on April 12, 2021 at 10:15 am by tech in article commentary.
Last modified: April 11, 2021.

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