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FBI Issues Water Supply Cyberterror Warning
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2002-01-30

Al-Qaida terrorists have scoured the Web for information on the computerized systems that control water distribution and treatment, NIPC warns.

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FBI Issues Water Supply Cyberterror Warning 2002-01-31
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FBI Issues Water Supply Cyberterror Warning 2002-02-01
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FBI Issues Water Supply Cyberterror Warning 2002-02-01
Anonymous
Let me post from the technical side. If the so called Al-Hackers are so smart then they sure are not showing it. Alot of information is being garnered from laptops and PC's left behind. To hack into a closed system is possible and I will not elaborate on how. Everything including your car which is by the way a closed system is open to a means. But like the gentleman in the prior post said it would take a lot of work because closed systems usually remain closed by means that are entirely to sensitive to talk about on a forum. And to poison a water system with a poison, organic compounds usually do not make it through a system due to filtration and or chemical treatment. However and inorganic compound must able to defeat the above and be in enough quanity ie ppm to be effective. However I do believe if 4 to 5 hundred tankers of inorganic or any other poisons were to disappear then I believe we would know it before we drank another glass of water the day it happened. I can remember when I was in the service and had to deal with what is known as anxiety 101 in the ranks among commanding officers. I sure wish we could judge these new faces already and everyone would know what was hype and what to construe as a necessary, the media just pumps stuff to get ratings and the public has to eat it up to stay somewhat informed on subject otherwise they would never hear. We need to understand what we hear and what we are being told and not pump the adrenaline. Thanks from a Proud American wishing he could get a chance at $25M so he could help the veterans who have already earned their keep.

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