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In smaller quantities, sodium hydroxide can cause severe skin burns and eye damage. Small amounts of sodium hydroxide are put in some cities' drinking water supplies to prevent corrosion to pipes and to bring the pH up (it is a strong base).The news highlights what could be a serious cyber and physical security breach, and raises questions about how secure access to such a sensitive system really was."The person who remotely accessed the system for about three to five minutes, opening various functions on the screen," Gualtieri said during the press conference. "One of the functions opened by the person hacking into the system was one that controls the amount of sodium hydroxide in the water."Did you know anything else about this breach? We'd love to hear from you. Using a non-work phone or computer, you can contact Joseph Cox securely on Signal on +44 20 8133 5190, Wickr on josephcox, OTR chat on jfcox@jabber.ccc.de, or email joseph.cox@vice.com.
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