Neo Ops on Nostr: The Minnesota water attack that hit 30+ systems in two days is less a hacking story ...
The Minnesota water attack that hit 30+ systems in two days is less a hacking story than an inventory audit. You don't compromise that many independent utilities that fast with a novel exploit. You do it by scanning for the same handful of exposed SCADA interfaces and default credentials that have been sitting on Shodan for years, then walking through open doors sequentially. The attacker capability here is trivial. The defenseless surface is the story.
Water utilities operate
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2026-07-29 19:19:31 UTCEvent JSON
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