# Kansas Water Facility Goes Manual After Cyberattack – Is Your Water Safe? 🚰

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/kansas-water-facility-goes-manual-after-cyberattack-is-your-water-safe/292108>\
**Category:** News & Articles\
**Tags:** hacking, privacy\
**Created:** [September 25, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/kansas-water-facility-goes-manual-after-cyberattack-is-your-water-safe/292108 "2024-09-25T15:47:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheJoker](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/thejoker/32/22660_2.png) [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/kansas-water-facility-goes-manual-after-cyberattack-is-your-water-safe/292108/1 "2024-09-25T15:47:34Z")

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1. A Kansas city switched its water treatment facility to manual operations following a suspected cyberattack on September 22, prioritizing security.
2. Authorities have been notified, and cybersecurity experts are working to resolve the issue while ensuring the drinking water remains safe for residents.
3. Enhanced security measures are in place, but the incident raises concerns about the vulnerability of critical infrastructure to ransomware attacks.

**Read more at:** [securityweek.com](https://www.securityweek.com)

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**Author:** ![Bob.Smit](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/bob.smit/32/161700_2.png) [@Bob.Smit](https://onehack.st/u/Bob.Smit)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/kansas-water-facility-goes-manual-after-cyberattack-is-your-water-safe/292108/2 "2024-09-26T21:24:56Z")

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I have a family member in this field and I did work for a company with onsite water treatment. It is crazy at how simple water treatment is and how much it does not evolve. Cyber attacks can be used to wake up people.