US officials have cast doubt over reports that a water pump in Illinois was destroyed by foreign hackers.The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security said they had “found no evidence of a cyber intrusion”.The Illinois Statewide Terrorism and Intelligence Center (STIC) previously claimed a hacker with a Russian IP address caused a pump to burn out.A security expert, who flagged up the story, said he was concerned about the conflicting claims.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today said there is nothing to suggest that a recent pump failure at a Springfield, Ill. water utility was caused by a cyberattack as previously reported by an industrial control systems security expert.In a statement, DHS spokesman Chris Ortman said his agency and the FBI have completed a detailed analysis of the pump failure at the Curran-Gardner Public Water District in Springfield.
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