Hackers hit US water treatment systems

kraznyi_oktjabr · 11-21-11, 03:08 PM

September 9, 2012: "Thousands in hospital due polluted water. Foul play suspected."

yubba · 11-21-11, 08:12 PM

so, it's got a little wang to it, { ok what movie did this line come from }

Sailor Steve · 11-21-11, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by yubba

so, it's got a little wang to it, { ok what movie did this line come from }

The Hollywood Knights. Spoken by old Smothers Brothers regular Leigh French.

11-21-11, 08:44 PM

HEY! I got my Orange Can so I'm happy!

yubba · 11-21-11, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

The Hollywood Knights. Spoken by old Smothers Brothers regular Leigh French.

good job, funny car movie, loved it.

Sailor Steve · 11-22-11, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by yubba

good job, funny car movie, loved it.

Saw it once, in the theater, back in the '80s. Did I mention I consider my memory a curse?

Torplexed · 11-22-11, 07:15 AM

Well, if tampering with water treatment wasn't bad enough, wait until you read this article...

http://arstechnica.com/business/news...-from-afar.ars

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Researchers have demonstrated a vulnerability in the computer systems used to control facilities at federal prisons that could allow an outsider to remotely take them over, doing everything from opening and overloading cell door mechanisms to shutting down internal communications systems.

Now HERE is something that really shouldn't be really shouldn't be connected to the net. Prison doors. SCADA systems are used for pretty much everything that requires motors and monitoring&control of larger plants those days. If they're online, they are all vulnerable.

Stupid. The convenience of controlling things remotely is gonna be our undoing.

Task Force · 11-22-11, 10:42 AM

This makes me wonder, why is a important infrastructure system like this connected to the internet? Id think they would have them on a secure closed system.

August · 11-21-11, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by kraznyi_oktjabr

September 9, 2012: "Thousands in hospital due polluted water. Foul play suspected."

Only suspected?

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