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Hacking Group Linked To Chinese Army Caught Attacking Dummy Water Plant
holy_calamity writes "MIT Technology Review reports that APT1, the China-based hacking group said to steal data from U.S. companies, has been caught taking over a decoy water plant control system. The honeypot mimicked the remote access control panels and physical control system of a U.S. municipal water plant. The decoy was one of 12 set up in 8 countries around the world, which together attracted more than 70 attacks, 10 of which completely compromised the control system. China and Russia were the leading sources of the attacks. The researcher behind the study says his results provide the first clear evidence that people actively seek to exploit the many security problems of industrial systems."
Why are critical systems on the 'net?
They functioned perfectly 30 years ago without the internet...
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"The researcher behind the study says his results provide the first clear evidence that people actively seek to exploit the many security problems of industrial systems."
Uhhhhhh Stuxnet was an exploit of Siemen's industrial control systems which regulated the RPMs of centrifuges....