On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:42:19 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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> ____/ Philip on Wednesday 08 April 2009 17:50 : \____
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>> System details not mentioned, but you can probably guess what the
>> primary source is.
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>> "Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind
>> software programs that could be used to disrupt the system"
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>> "The espionage appeared pervasive across the United States and does not
>> target a particular company or region"
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>> "If we go to war with them, they will try to turn them on."
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>> "water, sewage and other infrastructure systems also were at risk"
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>> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123914805204099085.html
>> http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20090408/tc_nm/us_cyberattack_usa_3
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> That would be (in)security through obscurity. People warned about this
> as early as 2007 in the press (this issue specifically.. they use legacy
> proprietary systems).
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I'm amazed that they're using the public Internet to link facilities like
this instead of a private, secure network.
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