Security flaws could give hackers control of power plants and oil rigs

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http://www.itproportal.com/2014/04/04/security-flaws-could-give-hackers-control-of-power-plants-and-oil-rigs/

By Alex Hamilton
IT Pro Portal
04 Apr 2014

Power plants, oil rigs and refineries could be at risk from hackers, new 
research shows, as there are vital bugs in their software that could allow 
an outsider to gain remote access.

Around the world about 7,600 plants are using the vulnerable software that 
could allow an attacker with the "lowest skill in hacking" to exploit 
them.

The software, named Centum CS 3000, was first released to run on Windows 
98 and is used to monitor and control the heavy machinery in many of the 
globe's large industrial installations.

"We went from zero to total compromise," Juan Vasquez, from security firm 
Rapid7, told the BBC.

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