ETA: It's back up!
I have an automated job that runs daily at noon to check my water usage on the #Boston Water and Sewer Commission (#BWSC) 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 #ransomware. I hope I'm wrong.
#infosec
#boston #bwsc #ransomware #infosec
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
https://blog.kamens.us/2023/06/16/hack-of-the-day-automatically-check-your-bwsc-water-usage-daily/
#Boston #DoItYourself #BostonWaterAndSewerCommission #BWSC #water
#boston #doityourself #bostonwaterandsewercommission #bwsc #water
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
Heath Street in #JamaicaPlain flooded after main breaks; water so high BFD had to bring in a special water-rescue truck
#Boston #BWSC https://www.universalhub.com/2023/heath-street-jamaica-plain-flooded-water-so-high
Water main bursts, flooding St. James Street in #Roxbury #Boston #BWSC https://www.universalhub.com/2022/water-main-burst-flooding-st-james-street-roxbury
Helping out the students at the local university to do some lithium battery evaluation.
#bwsc #jusolarteam #jonkopinguniversity
#jonkopinguniversity #jusolarteam #bwsc