Well it seems people will hack anything these days, and sewage plants are no
exception to this rule of thumb. Not the most CD related news, but I thought it
would be amusing to post this for all to read.
An Australian man was today sent to prison for two years after he was found guilty of hacking into the Maroochy Shire, Queensland computerised waste management system and caused millions of litres of raw sewage to spill out into local parks, rivers and even the grounds of a Hyatt Regency hotel. |
"Marine life died, the creek water turned black and the stench was
unbearable for residents," said Janelle Bryant of the Australian Environmental
Protection Agency.
The Maroochydore District Court heard that
49-year-old Vitek Boden had conducted a series of electronic attacks on the
Maroochy Shire sewage control system after a job application he had made was
rejected by the area's Council. At the time he was employed by the company that
had installed the system.
Boden made at least 46 attempts to take
control of the sewage system during March and April 2000. On 23 April, the date
of Boden's last hacking attempt, police who pulled over his car found radio and
computer equipment.
Later investigations found Boden's laptop had been
used at the time of the attacks and his hard drive contained software for
accessing and controlling the sewage management system. ®
Be warned CD Freaks, anything automated can be hacked even the most unexpected things. Last thing I would
expect is the sewage to be flooding back into my house, but then this is the new millennium, expect the
the unexpected
Source: The Register
