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FBI acknowledges more SCADA attacks, increases cyber budget

13
Dec
2011

At a recent security conference Michael Welch, the deputy assistant director of the FBI’s Cyber Division, gave a speech where he discussed the issue of SCADA security. Information Age magazine reported on his speech and quoted Welch as saying: “We just had a circumstance where we had three cities, one of them a major city […]

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US SCADA infrastructure woefully unprotected

19
Nov
2011

It has been reported that a SCADA systems failure at a municipal water processing plant may have been caused by hackers infiltrating their network. The attackers were repeatedly turning a pump on and off until it caused the pump to fail, raising an alert to the operators. Upon investigation they determined that attackers may have […]

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Is This SCADA Hacking Friday?

19
Nov
2011

Today’s infosec news focuses on several possible incidents of penetrations at water utility companies. Elinor Mills at C|Net posted a story on a potential compromise last week at a Springfield, Ill., water company that may have resulted in physical damage. Meanwhile Gareth Halfacree at thinq has a writeup on a potential South Houston water supply […]

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