Florida drinking water plant hack briefly raised sodium hydroxide levels 100-fold
Security breach reveals industrial facilities’ control system vulnerabilities as remote work is normalised during the pandemic
A hack targeting a drinking water facility just outside Tampa, Florida increased the levels of sodium hydroxide more than a hundred-fold. The motive for and agents behind the attack, which was detected before the public was put in any danger, remain unknown, but it demonstrates the dangerous vulnerability of chemical plants and other critical national infrastructure to cybersecurity breaches.