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Re: First real-world SCADA attack in US


From: Jay Nakamura <zeusdadog () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:52:53 -0500

On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com> wrote:
On an Illinois water utility:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45359594/ns/technology_and_science-security

Cheers,
-- jra

I can say from experience working on one rural sewage treatment plant
that IT security is not even in their consciousness.  I have also seen
major medical software companies that have the same admin password on
all install sites and don't see a problem with it.  Trying to explain
the consequence of this is almost impossible.  It's very very scary.


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