It ’s now possible for a kid with a laptop computer to take down the electrical power system , say CIA officials . On Friday , intelligence officials told a cybersecurity conference in New Orleans that vicious hackers could cut cities ( or even nations ) off from water supplies and electricity . evidently , this has already fall out in one country that the CIA would n’t name . Is this a real threat , or just the CIA ’s bid to get more regime money to fight back fictional cyberterrorists ? The expert weigh in .
Forbes account :
In late months , surety research worker have emphasise long - stand security vulnerabilities in the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition ( SCADA ) organisation that control U.S. critical infrastructure system of rules roll from power plants to dams to public transportation system . . . But [ BT Counterpane CTO Bruce ] Schneier suggests that certificate researcher should n’t assume that SCADA was the faint tie-in in the power system attacks revealed Friday . If , as the CIA suggests , the penetration involved “ inner cognition ” of the system , it may have been perform by an employee with administrative access . “ How much of this is a calculator vulnerability , how much is a human vulnerability ? ” he asks . “ I would n’t jump to any finale . ”
In other words , this is n’t some new hacker magic . It could just be scammers calling up exponent companies , venture to be legit operators , and play a joke on the companies into move over up passwords or other details . You know , good old fashioned societal applied science .
Hackers Cut Cities ’ Power[Forbes ]
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