Hackers hit US water treatment systems

Oberon · 11-21-11, 01:24 PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15817335

It's only a matter of time before we see someone die from a hacking attack I think, because no matter how big you build the mousetrap, there's always a bigger mouse.

soopaman2 · 11-21-11, 02:08 PM

Good thing I only drink beer.

11-21-11, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by soopaman2

Good thing I only drink beer.

You know the most important thing in beer is also WATER

frau kaleun · 11-21-11, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by PapaKilo

You know the most important thing in beer is also WATER

If you think water is the most important thing in beer... you've been drinking the wrong beer.

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.

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?

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.

soopaman2 · 11-22-11, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

If you think water is the most important thing in beer... you've been drinking the wrong beer.

Oberon · 11-22-11, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Task Force

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.

I imagine a lot of them are probably not directly connected to the internet but they are connected to something that is connected to something which is connected to the internet and the firewalls between them are easily breached by hackers who know what they're doing.

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Hackers hit US water treatment systems http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15817335 It's only a matter of time before we see someone die from a hacking attack I think, because no matter how big you build the mousetrap, there's always a bigger mouse.

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kraznyi_oktjabr Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Republiken Finland Posts: 1,803 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	September 9, 2012: "Thousands in hospital due polluted water. Foul play suspected." __________________ You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic. - Dr. House

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