Ill. Pump Failure Wasn't Cyberattack From Russia

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Thu Dec-01-11 07:20 PM
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Ill. Pump Failure Wasn't Cyberattack From Russia

(12-01) 15:51 PST CHICAGO, (AP) --

A reported cyberattack on a water district in central Illinois has turned out to be a false alarm. It was set off when an American contractor logged onto the system while vacationing in Russia.

Jim Mimlitz of suburban St. Louis says he hopes he'll be able to laugh about it someday. For now, he's puzzled. Why didn't terrorism investigators call him? He says he could've straightened things out quickly.

Instead, investigators assumed someone hacked into the system from Russia, causing a water pump to shut down five months later. A blogger spread word of the possible hack.

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Comment: Many, some on this very forum, will be deeply disappointed over this...

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Sinistrous

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Thu Dec-01-11 07:28 PM
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1. This does reduce the drama quotient somewhat.

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saras

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Thu Dec-01-11 08:37 PM
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2. The "investigators" didn't appear to read the machine logs, which would have told them this.

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