ÜberDoober
04-10-2008, 10:01 AM
Experts were able to hack and take control of the power grid in 1 day! If this is so damn easy, why don't we just invite the bad guys over for dinner and give them the keys?
Maybe instead of taking off your shoes to get on an an airplane, Homoland Security should pay a little more attention to how vulnerable we are to cyber attacks?
Experts hack power grid in no time
SAN FRANCISCO -- Cracking a power company network and gaining access that could shut down the grid is simple, a security expert told an RSA audience, and he has done so in less than a day.
Ira Winkler, a penetration-testing consultant, says he and a team of other experts took a day to set up attack tools they needed then launched their attack, which paired social engineering with corrupting browsers on a power company's desktops. By the end of a full day of the attack, they had taken over several machines, giving the team the ability to hack into the control network overseeing power production and distribution.
Read the full story: EXTERNAL LINK (http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/040908-rsa-hack-power-grid.html)
Maybe instead of taking off your shoes to get on an an airplane, Homoland Security should pay a little more attention to how vulnerable we are to cyber attacks?
Experts hack power grid in no time
SAN FRANCISCO -- Cracking a power company network and gaining access that could shut down the grid is simple, a security expert told an RSA audience, and he has done so in less than a day.
Ira Winkler, a penetration-testing consultant, says he and a team of other experts took a day to set up attack tools they needed then launched their attack, which paired social engineering with corrupting browsers on a power company's desktops. By the end of a full day of the attack, they had taken over several machines, giving the team the ability to hack into the control network overseeing power production and distribution.
Read the full story: EXTERNAL LINK (http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/040908-rsa-hack-power-grid.html)