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Foreign hackers targeted U.S. water plant in apparent malicious cyber attack, expert says
By Ellen Nakashima
Foreign hackers caused a pump at an Illinois water plant to fail last week, according to a preliminary state report. Experts said the cyber-attack, if confirmed, would be the first known to have damaged one of the systems that supply Americans with water, electricity and other essentials of modern life.
Companies and government agencies that rely on the Internet have for years been routine targets of hackers, but most incidents have resulted from attempts to steal information or interrupt the functioning of Web sites. The incident in Springfield, Ill., would mark a departure because it apparently caused physical destruction.
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Foreign hackers targeted U.S. water plant in apparent malicious cyber attack, expert says
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, Nov 19 2011 09:29 AM
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Posted 19 November 2011 - 09:29 AM
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Posted 19 November 2011 - 10:58 AM
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Will China be blamed? 
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Posted 19 November 2011 - 06:20 PM
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HM, Iran, Taliban (do they have computers or know what hacking is?),Russia, China, who knows, would be interesting if Israel was behind it, wonder how US would react to that, would they still consider Israel an Ally?
Anyways, who ever was behind clearly hates America enough to do harm it by trying to commit this callous act of cowardliness.
Anyways, who ever was behind clearly hates America enough to do harm it by trying to commit this callous act of cowardliness.
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They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
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Posted 20 November 2011 - 01:45 AM
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It sounds like the protection software they stole is common in the US for things like train operations, power grids, etc. Scary stuff.
Anyone get this reference?
Anyone get this reference?
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Posted 23 November 2011 - 05:30 PM
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Apparentely not, according to the FBI
http://www.bbc.co.uk...nology-15854327
http://www.bbc.co.uk...nology-15854327
US officials have cast doubt over reports that a water pump in Illinois was destroyed by foreign hackers.
The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security said they had "found no evidence of a cyber intrusion".
~Jon
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Posted 23 November 2011 - 06:26 PM
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Not at all. But Investigation still underway...
The Department of Homeland Security and FBI today dismissed the conclusions of a report that a cyber intrusion caused a pump at an Illinois water utility to burn out. But the statement doesn't explain why an Illinois state terrorism intelligence center would say it was a hacker when it wasn't.
http://news.cnet.com...r-utility-hack/
A hacker did claim responsibility but DHS denied it was him. Israel wouldn't hack into US computers are you serious??? And yes Iran and Taliban knows what hacking is! Unless if that was a joke. Taliban actually are involved in a number underground computer networks and are pretty good at getting hackers on their side.
The Department of Homeland Security and FBI today dismissed the conclusions of a report that a cyber intrusion caused a pump at an Illinois water utility to burn out. But the statement doesn't explain why an Illinois state terrorism intelligence center would say it was a hacker when it wasn't.
http://news.cnet.com...r-utility-hack/
A hacker did claim responsibility but DHS denied it was him. Israel wouldn't hack into US computers are you serious??? And yes Iran and Taliban knows what hacking is! Unless if that was a joke. Taliban actually are involved in a number underground computer networks and are pretty good at getting hackers on their side.
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Posted 02 December 2011 - 02:59 PM
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Water pump hack attack 'false alarm' linked to holiday
Reports that foreigners hacked into the US water system and destroyed a pump have been dismissed as a false alarm.
http://www.bbc.co.uk...nology-16003138
Reports that foreigners hacked into the US water system and destroyed a pump have been dismissed as a false alarm.
http://www.bbc.co.uk...nology-16003138
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