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Wind Power Firm Sees No Evidence of Hack

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the why-can't-we-all-get-along dept.

alphadogg writes "One day after a hacker posted screen shots and data to a hacking mailing list, saying he had broken into a New Mexico wind turbine facility, the company that runs the turbines says it has seen no evidence of a computer intrusion. The hacker, who calls himself Bigr R, made the claims Saturday, posting screenshots of the facility's management interface, screenshots of an FTP server and project management system, as well as Web server info and configuration data from a Cisco router."

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  1. Language by bezking · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If you look at the screenshots he posted (example) you'll see that some of the screens were in the German language or a derivative thereof. Why would a New Mexican power plant have its systems in German!?

    1. Re:Language by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Germans Make Good Stuff.

      Seriously, if you start getting into high level automation of PLC and other industrial systems, there are only a few key players in the game. Siemens is one of those companies. Sure enough, if you search for SINAMICS S120, the Siemens page is the first hit.

      How often do you dump your error codes into 5-10 languages? If you go to Europe and use a piece of GE technology you'll probably get errors in English.

  2. Not Really by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    They're trying to goad an emotionally immature hacker into providing even more evidence.

    Making the criminals do the investigative legwork .. now that's smart policing.