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Re:Hacker increased chemical level at Oldsmar's city water s... by tgsovlerkhgsel on Monday February 08, 2021 @08:32PM (#26072758)
This is over-reported in my opinion.

Because this is most likely "teenager broke into a poorly secured shack and turned a random valve to be naughty", not "state actor sabotaged critical infrastructure".

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Re:Hacker increased chemical level at Oldsmar's city water s... by kadoban on Monday February 08, 2021 @08:58PM (#26072948)
How about "state actor could have easily sabotaged critical infrastructure but teenager got there first" ?
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Re:Hacker increased chemical level at Oldsmar's city water s... by lazyasciiart on Monday February 08, 2021 @09:45PM (#26073301)
Sounds like we need more teenagers.
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Re:Hacker increased chemical level at Oldsmar's city water s... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @03:26AM (#26075110)
Teenagers are the OG chaos monkey.

(Still, the problem remains: if a naughty teenager can turn a valve for shits and cause a threat to public health, then perhaps that valve needs some access control.)

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