Blog: Insider indicted for attempting to sabotage California water plant
Earlier this month, Rambler Gallo pled not guilty to charges that he attempted to sabotage the water treatment facility in Discovery Bay, California. The facility provides treatment for the water and wastewater systems for the town’s 15,000 residents. An unsealed federal court indictment showed Gallo logged into the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) network controlled by his employer, Veolia North America, who operated the Discovery Bay facility under contract, and “execut[ed] commands to uninstall software that was the main hub of the facilities computer network and that protected the entire water treatment system, including water pressure, filtration and chemicals levels,” the Department of Justice advisory noted.