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Israel's Electric Grid Targeted By Malware, Energy Minister Says (timesofisrael.com)

Posted by Soulskill on from the hope-you-got-that-security-thing-figure-out dept.

itwbennett writes: While many are still debating how much risk there is of a catastrophic cyber attack on power grid and other critical infrastructure, Israel's Minister of Infrastructure, Energy and Water, Yuval Steinitz has good reason for warning 'of the sensitivity of infrastructure to cyber-attacks, and the importance of preparing ourselves in order to defend ourselves against such attacks.' On Tuesday Steinitz told attendees at CyberTech 2016 that the country's Public Utility Authority had been targeted by malware just one day earlier, and that some systems were still not working properly. Not long after news of the attack started to spread, Robert M. Lee, the CEO of Dragos Security, published his thoughts on the matter over on the SANS ICS blog.

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  1. Pot meet kettle by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How do you pronounce "Stuxnet" in the Hebrew language?

    1. Re:Pot meet kettle by AmiMoJo · · Score: 4, Interesting

      That's the problem with introducing a new weapon - if your enemies hadn't already thought of it, they have now, and if they hadn't wanted to escalate to actually using it, they will now.

      How long until we see drone strikes in Israel or the mainland US?

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  2. Re:Since when did we know this was going to happen by gstoddart · · Score: 4, Interesting

    And, given the widespread belief Israel was involved in Stuxnet ... to suddenly be bit by this seems a little shortsighted,

    I mean, if you (allegedly) did this to someone else, why would you be surprised if it happens to you?

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