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Fired Employee Hacked Smart Water Meters Just to be a Jerk

ID: 6ccdebca-030a-5f0c-a71f-6d4b98da0d4d

STIX ID: report--6ccdebca-030a-5f0c-a71f-6d4b98da0d4d

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
50/100

Date Published: 2017-06-30

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Elizabeth Montalbano

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A former engineer accessed his ex-employer’s Tower Gateway BaseStations that collect smart water meter data, disabled devices and changed passwords as an act of retaliation, causing billing disruptions in five municipalities across Maine, New Jersey and Pennsylvania; the FBI investigated, he pleaded guilty, and received prison time, probation and a fine.

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