ID: IRCNE2011111318
Date: 2011-11-21
According to "zdnet", According to reports, the SCADA systems at the Water utilities in Illinois, Houston were recently hacked by a malicious attacker using the handle “pr0f”.
The attacker has posted evident proof of a direct compromise of the SCADA systems at this water utility, with a separate report confirming that there was actual damage - “the SCADA system was powered on and off, burning out a water pump.”
Joe Weiss, a managing partner for Applied Control Solutions, said the breach was most likely performed after the attackers hacked into the maker of the supervisory control and data acquisition software used by the utility and stole user names and passwords belonging to the manufacturer’s customers. The unknown attackers used IP addresses that originated in Russia.
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