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SCADA Hacker: Water District Used 3-Character Password
Trailrunner7 writes "In an e-mail interview with Threatpost, a hacker who compromised software used to manage water infrastructure for South Houston, Texas, said the district had HMI (human machine interface) software used to manage water and sewage infrastructure accessible to the Internet and used a password that was just three characters long. The hacker, using the handle 'pr0f' took credit for a remote compromise of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems. Communicating from an e-mail address tied to a Romanian domain, the hacker told Threatpost that he discovered the vulnerable system using a scanner that looks for the online fingerprints of SCADA systems. 'This was barely a hack. A child who knows how the HMI that comes with Simatic works could have accomplished this,' he wrote in an e-mail."
A child who knows how the HMI that comes with Simatic works could have accomplished this...
The obvious course of action to prevent future attacks against SCADA systems is to ban all children. Problem sovled.
If what I just said sounded like a troll, it was probably just a failed attempt at humor.
Damn it Jim, im a water guy not a computer expert!
That's the same combination I have on my luggage!
Of course, you are correct.
It's hard to believe that's how Micronians are made. Why don't we see it right now by having you both kiss one another?
A child who knows how the HMI that comes with Simatic works could have accomplished this,' he wrote in an e-mail.
And a child knows too that you shouldn't break into other people's property...
3 letter password? I guess not everything's bigger in Texas.
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