Another water company has become the target of hackers! The Portuguese water company Aguas do Porto was hacked in late January, and a hacker group now says it was responsible. Attacks against water companies have precedents—two years ago, the water purification plant in Oldsmar, Florida, was hacked, and the concentration of sodium hydroxide in the water was almost increased by 111 times. MKS Instruments, a semiconductor company, was attacked by ransomware in early February. At that time, the company stated that the scale of the damage needs to be clarified. Now, the financial reports of other cooperative manufacturers have revealed the losses indirectly.
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