SPRINGFIELD – Federal officials are investigating a report that Russian hackers shut down a water pump near Springfield last week.
The Springfield Journal-Register reports the Curran-Gardner Public Water District may have been targeted by the alleged cyberattack. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is investigating, but no major service disruption was reported.
The Nov. 8 water-pump burnout was first reported by a cybersecurity blog, based on a one-page report from the Illinois Statewide Terrorism and Intelligence Center.
A water district trustee says there’s some indication of an attempt to breach the system’s Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition computer system, but no confirmation yet.
No word on why the tiny water district was targeted.
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