http://www.kptv.com/news/22964989/detail.html Fox 12 KPTV.com March 26,2010 MOLALLA, Ore. -- The theft of a computer from Molalla's water treatment facility is being considered a federal crime by authorities. Someone broke into the water plant Saturday night and stole the computer, which was what kept the plant working on auto pilot. Water service to Molalla has not been affected, but workers must operate the plant the old-fashioned way. "It has to be manually run and also inspected (so) visual checks can be made," said Marc Howatt, the city's public works director. The thieves broke into the water plant through a back window. Once inside, Howatt said, the thief triggered a motion detector and an on-call manager rushed to the facility and found the front door open and one of the computers gone. The computer contained software that monitored the water pumps, reservoir and chlorine levels. "The software enables ease of operation," Howatt said. "It allows the operator to log onto a screen and see what's happening with the plant at any given time during the day." The following day, workers found the computer in a pond on the property. City officials said it's destroyed, but a technician is trying to salvage the hard drive and the costly programming on it. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2010 - Dubai, the premier deep-knowledge network security event in the GCC, featuring keynote speakers John Viega and Matt Watchinski! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2010dxb/Received on Sun Mar 28 2010 - 23:10:44 PDT
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