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Oldsmar Incident: When Maintenance Access Becomes the Attack Path
The reported Oldsmar incident brought remote maintenance access and water-treatment control into the same security discussion. Explore how standing trust, operator access and IT/OT convergence create an operational attack path. The episode examines the controls around maintenance authority.
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