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11-19-2011, 10:30 PM
A foreign cyberattack on the computer control systems of an Illinois water utility system earlier this month burned out a water pump, according to a recent state report. The attack may be the first known attempt to successfully destroy a piece of critical US infrastructure, say industrial control-system experts.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and other agencies are investigating the Nov. 8 cyberattack, said Peter Boogaard, a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in a written statement. The name of the utility was not released.
The implications of the attack could be far broader than just wrecking a single pump. Hackers may have also stolen passwords and other information needed to gain access to many more water utility control systems across the United States, according to the Nov. 10 report by the Illinois Statewide Terrorism and Intelligence Center, a federal-state cooperative venture. Some of its details were revealed Thursday on the blog of Joe Weiss, president of Applied Control Solutions and a control-system security expert.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/1118/Cyberattack-on-Illinois-water-utility-may-confirm-Stuxnet-warnings
And there is also this:
Trojan Keylogger Infests US Drone Airbase
The base from which the US Air Force directs its 'remote-killing' drone aircraft has become infested with Trojans, Wired magazine has reported. According to the story, an unidentified keylogger Trojan has infected the computer systems at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada used to fly the drones on missions over countries such as Pakistan and Afghanistan, causing no operation problems but plenty of anxiety.
The Trojan has so far resisted attempts to remove it permanently, affecting both classified and unclassified systems at the base.
"We keep wiping it off, and it keeps coming back. We think it's benign. But we just don't know," Wired quoted sources at the base as saying.
http://www.csoonline.com/article/691477/trojan-keylogger-infests-us-drone-airbase
So we have a Trojan attack on our Drone system, and our top people can't eradicate it???
And then later on we have a attack on our infrastructure in Illinois which burns out a water pump?
Those who saw "Live Free or Die Hard", get ready. It's already here and happening.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and other agencies are investigating the Nov. 8 cyberattack, said Peter Boogaard, a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in a written statement. The name of the utility was not released.
The implications of the attack could be far broader than just wrecking a single pump. Hackers may have also stolen passwords and other information needed to gain access to many more water utility control systems across the United States, according to the Nov. 10 report by the Illinois Statewide Terrorism and Intelligence Center, a federal-state cooperative venture. Some of its details were revealed Thursday on the blog of Joe Weiss, president of Applied Control Solutions and a control-system security expert.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/1118/Cyberattack-on-Illinois-water-utility-may-confirm-Stuxnet-warnings
And there is also this:
Trojan Keylogger Infests US Drone Airbase
The base from which the US Air Force directs its 'remote-killing' drone aircraft has become infested with Trojans, Wired magazine has reported. According to the story, an unidentified keylogger Trojan has infected the computer systems at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada used to fly the drones on missions over countries such as Pakistan and Afghanistan, causing no operation problems but plenty of anxiety.
The Trojan has so far resisted attempts to remove it permanently, affecting both classified and unclassified systems at the base.
"We keep wiping it off, and it keeps coming back. We think it's benign. But we just don't know," Wired quoted sources at the base as saying.
http://www.csoonline.com/article/691477/trojan-keylogger-infests-us-drone-airbase
So we have a Trojan attack on our Drone system, and our top people can't eradicate it???
And then later on we have a attack on our infrastructure in Illinois which burns out a water pump?
Those who saw "Live Free or Die Hard", get ready. It's already here and happening.