A cyber strike launched from outside the US has hit a public water system in Illinois, an expert on infrastructure control systems says.
”This is arguably the first case where we have had a hack of critical infrastructure from outside the United States that caused damage,” a managing partner at Applied Control Solutions, Joseph Weiss, said.
”That is what is so big about this,” he continued. ”They could have done anything because they had access to the master station.”
Federal authorities say they’re investigating the report of a water pump failure in Illinois’ capital city.
Department of Homeland Security spokesman Peter Boogaard wouldn’t comment on media reports that the failure was the result of hacking.
