Inactive User Account Enables Hackers to Control City's Water System

A simple mistake of leaving a former employee's user account active allowed hackers to take control of a city's water system, highlighting the importance of promptly disabling access for departed staff. This "zombie" account proved to be the vulnerable entry point that attackers exploited to wreak havoc on…

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Inactive User Account Enables Hackers to Control City's Water System

Learn how inactive user accounts can be exploited by hackers and take control of critical systems like a city's water system, and find out how to prevent it now effectively.

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