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Perhaps having seen the latest Die Hard movie a few too many times, a bunch of hackers have quite promptly hacked their way into computer systems in various cities, attacking the grids and cutting their power. The goal? Anarchy. Or, who knows, maybe just free donuts (assuming Krispy Kreme doesn't have a backup battery for their security system). The CIA believes the goal was extortion.
"We have information, from multiple regions outside the United States, of cyber intrusions into utilities, followed by extortion demands," said CIA analyst Tom Donahue, in a statement posted on the Internet and reported yesterday by PC World. "In at least one case, the disruption caused a power outage affecting multiple cities. We do not know who executed these attacks or why, but all involved intrusions through the Internet."
Unfortunately, in true CIA-fear-mongering style, the statement offered no specifics as to which "multiple" cities were affected.
Oh well. Here's hoping the next time they pull this off it's not in the middle of the first episode in the new season of Lost.
From PCWorld.com
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Subscribe to commentsMike SandersJan 26th 2008 6:06PM
Who in their right mind, would put an "isolated" control system on the Internet? Even though it could be encrypted end-to-end, the "cloud" path should still have some kind of legacy connection, offering fallback, geographic redundancy and a means of verification. Some things just don't belong on the Internet, unless they exist in parallel with alternate media, modes of transmission and even architectures, to screw up the hackers. Sure, that costs more, but not nearly as much as it may sound, especially for a critical application, like power control & monitoring. This is the reason why enteprises are slow to migrate their "old" systems to web-based systems. We spend millions, ensuring that a data-links within companies like General Motors and the financial district are secure, but what can we do if the lights go down? Oh yeah, UPS's, but they won't run the machinery in an assembly plant!
The Internet is not your Savior!