Jonathan Kamens · @jik
651 followers · 3197 posts · Server federate.social

ETA: It's back up!
I have an automated job that runs daily at noon to check my water usage on the Water and Sewer Commission () customer portal. It failed today, and when I tried to log in just now manually to find out why, I got this. It worked yesterday, so the portal has been down for between 8 and 32 hours. There's nothing on their Twitter feed about the outage.
I hope this is just a run-of-the-mill outage, but frankly I'm suspecting . I hope I'm wrong.

#boston #bwsc #ransomware #infosec

Last updated 1 year ago

Jonathan Kamens · @jik
545 followers · 2638 posts · Server federate.social

Hack of the day: automatically check your BWSC water usage daily

The Boston Water and Sewer Commission (BWSC) uses smart water meters which capture and transmit daily water usage to BWSC. BWSC makes that data available on their customer portal, but unlike water utilities in some other cities, they do not reliably, autom

blog.kamens.us/2023/06/16/hack

#boston #doityourself #bostonwaterandsewercommission #bwsc #water

Last updated 1 year ago

Participated in the unveiling of the new solar car of JU Solar Team, Axelite.
Great to see such a great comeback after the pandemic.

I'm really looking forward to be a part of the team in BWSC Australia this fall!

#bwsc #jonkopinguniversity #jusolarteam

Last updated 2 years ago

Universal Hub · @universalhub
2856 followers · 1506 posts · Server mastodon.online

Heath Street in flooded after main breaks; water so high BFD had to bring in a special water-rescue truck
universalhub.com/2023/heath-st

#bwsc #boston #JamaicaPlain

Last updated 2 years ago

Universal Hub · @universalhub
2451 followers · 1134 posts · Server mastodon.online

Helping out the students at the local university to do some lithium battery evaluation.

#jonkopinguniversity #jusolarteam #bwsc

Last updated 2 years ago