WestVirginiaRebel Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Breitbart:A cyber strike launched from outside the United States hit a public water system in the Midwestern state of Illinois, an infrastructure control systems expert said on Friday."This is arguably the first case where we have had a hack of critical infrastructure from outside the United States that caused damage," Applied Control Solutions managing partner Joseph Weiss told AFP. "That is what is so big about this," he continued. "They could have done anything because they had access to the master station." The Illinois Statewide Terrorism and Intelligence Center disclosed the cyber assault on a public water facility outside the city of Springfield last week but attackers gained access to the system months earlier, Weiss said. The network breach was exposed after cyber intruders burned out a pump. "No one realized the hackers were in there until they started turning on and off the pump," according to Weiss. The attack was reportedly traced to a computer in Russia and took advantage of account passwords stolen during a hack of a US company that makes Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) software. ________Cyberwarfare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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