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A Russian-linked hacking group breached a Quebec water treatment facility and gained access to pump and chlorine dosing controls. The Canadian Security Establishment is investigating.
A Russian-linked hacking group breached a Quebec water treatment facility and gained access to systems controlling pumps and chlorine dosing. The Canadian Security Establishment is investigating. The breach itself didn't result in disruption or contamination, but the access was real.
Water treatment systems are critical infrastructure. Access to chlorine dosing controls is access to something that could harm public health if manipulated. The fact that a foreign group obtained it is alarming regardless of whether they exploited it. It demonstrates that critical infrastructure protecting millions of people is vulnerable to intrusion.
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