Re: cyber-9/11

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

Robert Graham wrote:
> I agree that SCADA systems are extremely weak. I curl up in a ball laughing on the floor every time somebody mentions 
> "Smart Grid". Here is a paper I gave a couple years ago at Black Hat. It's nothing surprising, but it's first-hand 
> knowledge (that is, when I say SCADA is weak, it's because I've seen it for my own eyes, not because it heard it was 
> well docum
> http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-federal-06/BH-Fed-06-Maynor-Graham-up.pdf

SCADA security is a shame and a sham. I feel asahmed of the way the 
vendors act.


> If China were to go to war against us, they would more likely bomb carefully selected power stations than hack in our 
> systems. It's easier, and more assured of success. (Causing a power blackout either through hacking or bombing is 
> equally an act of war).
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> Our electrical grid is already vulnerable to a physical attack. The question is whether we should invest
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