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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. None of this means it didn't happen by royallthefourth · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's possible that the IT staff who failed to secure the networks and websites also lack the expertise to detect an intruder. It's certainly not easy, and if they were able to cleanly socially engineer (or perhaps guess) passwords to get it done, there may be no way to detect it at all.

    1. Re:None of this means it didn't happen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      I would argue that the burden of proof is on the hacker, and not on the power company.

  3. Re:Simple Message by LordLimecat · · Score: 3, Informative

    And if youll note, it doesnt say "there was no hack", but that "they see no evidence".

  4. Re:Next story on slashdot in an hour... by jamesh · · Score: 3, Funny

    and some unscrupulous bad guys is posting the news as it happens

    ... and the same bad guys is inserting bad grammar in my posts.