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Google Dorking Gives Fodder To Hack Dam Computer

  • Slate, Friday, April 1, 2016 12:47 PM
Google dorking, an advanced way to search on Google's search engine, gave hacker Hamid Firoozi the fodder to gain unauthorized access to the Bowman Avenue Dam in Rye Brook, New York by exploiting a vulnerability. He hacked the network to gain access. On Thursday a New York grand jury brought hacking charges against him and six other Iranian men who allegedly carried out cyberattacks on 46 U.S. financial institutions.

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