An Iranian hacker used publicly available features on Google to access systems controlling a New York dam, according to federal officials quoted over the weekend.

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The hacker, Hamid Firoozi, used a process called “Google dorking” to gain access to the Bowman Avenue Dam in Rye Brook, N.Y., in 2013, said law enforcement officials quoted by the Wall Street Journal. Though it happened years ago, the incident came to light in 2015.