{"id":39490,"date":"2021-02-09T00:18:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T00:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/someone-tried-to-poison-a-florida-city-by-hijacking-its-water-treatment-plant-via-teamviewer-says-sheriff\/"},"modified":"2021-02-09T00:18:13","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T00:18:13","slug":"someone-tried-to-poison-a-florida-city-by-hijacking-its-water-treatment-plant-via-teamviewer-says-sheriff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/someone-tried-to-poison-a-florida-city-by-hijacking-its-water-treatment-plant-via-teamviewer-says-sheriff\/","title":{"rendered":"Someone tried to poison a Florida city by hijacking its water treatment plant via TeamViewer, says sheriff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The sheriff of a small city in Florida warned on Monday that hackers had tried to poison its water.<\/p>\n<p>Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said Oldsmar&#8217;s water treatment system, which serves roughly 15,000 people, was accessed, presumably over the internet, by someone who had hoped to flood the supply with levels of sodium hydroxide more than 100 times the normal amount.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"condor\" data-xsm=\",button,mpu,\" data-sm=\",button,mpu,\" data-md=\",button,banner_plus,mpu\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2YCILbKli14HZelk@iFeJFwAAAMg&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2YCILbKli14HZelk@iFeJFwAAAMg&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>The miscreant gained access to remote-control software TeamViewer that was running on a PC at the plant, the sheriff <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-cyber-florida\/hackers-broke-into-florida-towns-water-treatment-plant-attempted-poisoning-sheriff-says-idUSKBN2A82FV\">told<\/a> Reuters, and used that machine to ultimately attempt to jack up the levels of sodium hydroxide.<\/p>\n<p>In small amounts, the chemical \u2013 better known as lye \u2013 helps raise the pH of the water, reducing its acidity, and minimize the amount of lead and other heavy metals dissolving into the water. In higher concentrations, it can cause, in mild cases, skin and eye irritation; in more severe cases, burns and scarring.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xsm=\",button,mpu_plusplus,\" data-sm=\",button,mpu_plusplus,\" data-md=\",button,mpu_plusplus,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33YCILbKli14HZelk@iFeJFwAAAMg&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33YCILbKli14HZelk@iFeJFwAAAMg&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>Fortunately, a staffer who was also working remotely spotted the concentration of the chemical being increased, we&#8217;re told, and immediately reversed the change. The city&#8217;s water supply was not affected and the contamination attempt was thwarted.<\/p>\n<p>The cyber-break-in did worry officials enough to call a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MkXDSOgLQ6M\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press conference<\/a>, where they outlined the information they currently have while stressing that there are other safeguards that would have prevented high levels of sodium hydroxide from entering the main water supply.<\/p>\n<p>It would have taken more than a day for the adulterated water to enter the public\u2019s water system, we&#8217;re told, during which time the plant would have caught the disparity. \u201cThe public was never in danger,\u201d Sheriff Gualtieri said. Remote access on the PC has been disabled.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"crosshead\"> <span>Investigation<\/span><br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<p>The officials didn\u2019t have a lot of info beyond that, except that they do not have a suspect yet though they do have some leads. There was no specific intelligence as to why Oldsmar\u2019s water supply was targeted, they don\u2019t know if the hacker was based inside or outside the US, and other cities have been told about the hack and advised to check their installations for insecure or poorly secured remote access. Oldsmar\u2019s water treatment plant itself was set up to only allow authorized users to access it remotely, the sheriff insisted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"promo_article\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/regmedia.co.uk\/2016\/06\/06\/teamviewer_screen.jpg?x=174&amp;y=115&amp;crop=1\" width=\"174\" height=\"115\" alt><\/p>\n<h2 title=\"'Significant' number of people affected yet 'incredibly small' portion of users\">TeamViewer: So sorry we blamed you after your PC was hacked<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2016\/06\/06\/teamviewer_sorry\/\"><span>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how it all went down, apparently: an operator logging into a PC at the facility early on Friday morning said he had noticed the system had been accessed but had assumed it was his supervisor and thought nothing of it. Several hours later, however, the same operator lost control of the computer&#8217;s mouse and watched as it navigated the control software.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of several minutes, the hacker increased sodium hydroxide from 100 parts per million to 11,100 parts per million and then left. As soon as they had quit, the operator changed it back to the original setting and alerted his supervisor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe protocols that we have in place, monitoring protocols, they work \u2013 that\u2019s the good news,\u201d said Oldsmar Mayor Eric Seidel. \u201cThe important thing is to put everyone on notice. There\u2019s a bad actor out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xsm=\",button,dbutton,mpu_plus,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",button,dbutton,mpu_plus,dmpu,\" data-md=\",button,dbutton,mpu_plus,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YCILbKli14HZelk@iFeJFwAAAMg&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YCILbKli14HZelk@iFeJFwAAAMg&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>The FBI and Secret Service are investigating. 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