This is what Joe Biden’s proposed plan on rebuilding America’s infrastructure should address, instead of “climate change”.
Courtney Teague reports for Patch.com, June 18, 2021, that the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and National Security Agency recommended in July 2020 that operators of critical infrastructure take immediate action to safeguard against “foreign powers attempting to do harm to U.S. interests or retaliate for perceived U.S. aggression,” because more and more companies are shifting to remote operations and monitoring, outsource operations, and a decentralized workforce.
Already, two water treatment plants have experienced hackers trying to poison the water:
- NBC Bay Area reports that in January, 2021, the FBI investigated a hacker’s attempt to poison an unnamed San Francisco Bay Area water treatment plant. The hacker knew the username and password of a former employee’s TeamViewer account, which allowed them to remotely obtain access to the plant’s computers. The hacker deleted computer programs used to treat drinking water. The plant discovered it had been hacked the next day, then reinstalled the water treatment programs and changed its passwords. There were no reports of anyone being sickened by the water. NBC’s report marked the first time this incident was made public.
- The Washington Post reports that the same method was used in February, when an Oldsmar, Florida water plant operator watched as his computer mouse moved around his screen and opened programs, eventually raising the levels of sodium hydroxide, or lye, by more than 100 fold to a level that could cause illness and corrode pipes. As in the California water treatment plants, the hacker also used TeamViewer to gain access to the Florida employee’s screen. Fortunately, the employee quickly reversed the lye levels and water quality was not significantly impacted. Nobody was sickened.
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This phenomenon is just so awful to contemplate. Thankfully, in both of these instances the intrusion was caught . . . but what if some evil doer actually is able to follow thru with their plans? I certainly do agree, the cyber security of our nation is far more important that “climate change.” Excellent article.
Thank you Dr.E for this important post. I agree with you that this terrorism should be addressed first and foremost before climate change. This would cripple the country, not to mention all of the health problems that would ensue, even the deaths of thousands of people. Terrible! Demonic!
Joe Biden has never had a decent idea in his head for the last almost 50 years. I finished growing up in MD and was just getting out of HS when he first ran for the Senate…I am now well-over “retirement age,” and so sick of this bad penny continually showing up in my life….esp. into the areas where he can do the MOST harm, and always DOES. I must have BAD KARMA…. and, tho’ he was loved in DE, in most of MD at the time he was disregarded as a pathological & continual liar and ne’er do well. As one of his friends in gov’t (Gates) even noticed and said, “Joe Biden has been on the wrong side of history in every decision he ever made.” He’s not “gonna” do anything about ANY threats to America, or to you and me–personally in our homes, communities…b/c, even before he was frail in body, spirit, and mind, he was a do-nothing career politician, a back-slapping Okey-Dokey guy. He was known as “Six Pack JOE.” He’s going to FOLD every time to that vapid, barely-educated brat pack, “the squad.” He will follow Pelosi’s lead (Wicked Witch of the West) for whatever she decrees in the house. If we want protection against open borders, hacked food supplies, poisoned water, and energy rationing (gas, oil, electricity, natural gas…..coming at you, you better believe) and the ravages of inflation, and your child’s education being dumbed down almost literally TO THE LEVEL OF DIRT, as well as teaching CRT instead of History or Literature, or MATH, then, you have to move to a state with a strong “Red State” governor to protect you from Joe Biden and his woefully amateur, reluctant and ineffective VP, laughing Camel ‘la Harris. Maybe one day I’ll tell you how I really feel.