That's insane. Surely the mill control systems should be on a private network with no possible internet access? Just asking for trouble.
[QUOTE=UberMensch;46770890]That's insane. Surely the mill control systems should be on a private network with no possible internet access? Just asking for trouble.[/QUOTE]
A friend and I were wondering the exact same thing when he showed me this article...why are so many control systems for, well, anything always on networks that can be accessed externally? Even if it needs a VPN or something to access it from outside, that is still nowhere near secure considering the damage these damn things can do.
[QUOTE=UberMensch;46770890]That's insane. Surely the mill control systems should be on a private network with no possible internet access? Just asking for trouble.[/QUOTE]
[video=youtube;ah7rYlhS-v0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah7rYlhS-v0[/video]
This is a really interesting talk on the matter. There are entirely too many industrial systems pointed at the web with little to no security. The guy giving the talk has found everything from hydroelectric dams, to cows connected to the internet.
[QUOTE=hexpunK;46770961]A friend and I were wondering the exact same thing when he showed me this article...why are so many control systems for, well, anything always on networks that can be accessed externally? Even if it needs a VPN or something to access it from outside, that is still nowhere near secure considering the damage these damn things can do.[/QUOTE]
There probably needs to be better legislation. I interviewed a guy who's working in a company with an MOD contract and he mentioned they have several different computer networks. The high security one doesn't even physically connect to the outside world and any changes have to go through the MOD for approval.
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[QUOTE=m0wo;46771019]<video>
This is a really interesting talk on the matter. There are entirely too many industrial systems pointed at the web with little to no security. The guy giving the talk has found everything from hydroelectric dams, to cows connected to the internet.[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the link, I'll have a watch when I get home.
[quote]cows connected to the internet[/quote]
I chuckled at that a little. Then I found this which made things worse...
[img]http://www.satirewire.com/images/cowphone.jpg[/img]
Jokes aside, the company I work for builds a load of industrial control systems including chicken feeders. If someone hacked into those, I'm sure we'd end up with some very unhappy chickens or a large amount of feed going missing... We also build systems which go on the Type 45 destroyer but I'm sure the MOD is [url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2769325/Laptop-with-secret-data-is-stolen-at-Ministry-of-Defence-headquarters.html]fully protected[/url] [url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/may/03/hackers-breached-secret-mod-systems]from[/url] [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7839034.stm]any[/url] [url=http://rt.com/uk/212687-mod-security-breach-report/]breaches[/url].
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