(Springfield, IL) -- A cyber attack is suspected in the failure of a central Illinois water pumping station. The incident occurred on November 8th according to a report from the Illinois Statewide Terrorism and Intelligence Center. The report indicates access to a water utility computer network was obtained using credentials stolen from a company that produces industrial system control software. The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI are both looking into the matter that has much wider implications. If someone can damage a water pump by accessing its controls via the Internet, those same people could, theoretically, bring down entire power grids, stop the flow of goods and services and damage industrial systems worldwide. There have been media reports the affected pump was in the Illinois capital city of Springfield. City officials claim that information is bogus but wouldn't say where the pump was actually located. Weiss, the software company, says it's still not clear whether other networks were also hacked and passwords possibly stolen during the breach of its servers. It has determined the network was hacked from a computer located in Russia.
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