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To: general; ransomnote

Back in 2013, some Iranians hacked the equipment of a small dam in Rye Brook, NY, in Westchester city, NY (Judge Jeanine territory). The big MSM scoffed, but! Westchester COunty has many of the reservoirs for NYC, including the ‘Huge’ Kensico dam with the large reservoir behind it.

All of those reservoirs have major highways, parkways, county and state roads winding through and over them. There are walkways, hiking trails, nature preserves, etc. They are beautiful, and easily accessible. Great fishing. There are many bridges.

Does the concept of dry run apply here? I don’t know, but I was worried when it happened, and still worry. Do all the dams in Westchester County use the same software? who oversees them. The Awan brothers?

I hope the delay in reporting of the hack means that the agencies in charge jumped right on and updated the systems. I still worry.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/26/nyregion/rye-brook-dam-caught-in-computer-hacking-case.html

https://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/21/politics/iranian-hackers-new-york-dam/index.html


1,306 posted on 02/24/2018 8:22:17 PM PST by Mazey (Missing the soft green hills of Western PA)
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To: Mazey; general; ransomnote

I would like to add to the posts that the Iranians that hacked the Rye Brook Dam in Westchester County used google to do it, and the Westchester County Authorities were not notified, nor was the mayor of Rye Brook.

This article explains the way google was used to probe systems.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/iranian-hacked-ny-dam-using-google-search-technique-2016-03-28


1,332 posted on 02/24/2018 8:56:57 PM PST by Mazey (Missing the soft green hills of Western PA)
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To: Mazey

I didn’t know about that -

Putting it together with the Q post about “water”, and the Russian - Lunev talking about poisoning water supplies, I get the shivers!


1,434 posted on 02/25/2018 9:42:05 AM PST by jacquej ("You cannot have a conservative government with a liberal culture." (Mark Steyn))
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