Water District Failure Being Called Cyber Attack

CHICAGO — Homeland Security is investigating the failure of a water pump as possible cyber attack.

Security expert Joe Weiss wrote on his blog citing a state government report, titled “Public Water District Cyber Intrusion,” in which

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Workers in the state capital noted “glitches” for several weeks. The pump eventually burned out.

He also said that a computer repair company discovered the hacking. Homeland Security says the cause of the failure is still unknown.