Public Utility company strike by the hackers
The public utility in the United Sates is hacked by the hackers when it was only guarded by the ordinary passwords. The remote access was actually allowed on those utility’s hosts. The system and its privacy got into trouble when the complicated menace entered into the network in an illegal way, the security authorities at […]
Survey Finds Energy and Utility Industry Companies Weak on Cyber Risk Management (May 16, 2012)
A recent survey of 108 global companies conducted by the Carnegie Mellon University CyLab and sponsored by RSA and Forbes found that those in the financial sector have the best cyber and information risk management … View full post on National Cyber Security
NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP POLICE REPORT: One vehicle accident takes out utility pole on Stoopville Road, resident reports …
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NH utility warns customers of credit card scam
New Hampshire's largest utility company is warning its customers about a scam that involves being asked to open a new credit card account in order to keep their power on. View full post on credit card scam – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
ProtectMyID: False. Deleted files are recoverable. To protect that information, you must use a utility that “wipes” the hard drive.
ProtectMyID: False. Deleted files are recoverable. To protect that information, you must use a utility that “wipes” the hard drive. View full post on Twitter / ProtectMyID View full post on National Cyber Security
Cyber attack on Ill. water utility gains local attention
OTTUMWA — A “malfunction” under investigation at an Illinois water works plant may have been sabotage by computer hackers. Iowa plant managers are starting to take notice. “We take threats very seriously,” said Marty Braster, environmental management specialist for Rathbun Regional Water Association. The moment he received word of the Illinois incident, he said, he […]
More Details Emerge About Cyber Attack at Water Utility (November 19 & 21, 2011)
A hacker reportedly gained access to a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system at a water utility in Illinois and tampered with a water pump, causing it to burn out……. View full post on SANS NewsBites View full post on National Cyber Security
Foreign hacker at utility was false alarm
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (UPI) — An apparent foreign intrusion into an Illinois municipal water system’s computers has turned out to be a false alarm, a source told The Washington Post. The “intruder” was a contractor who accessed the system remotely while on a trip to Russia, the source said. Problems with a water pump in […]
DHS, FBI Find ‘No Evidence’ of Public Water Utility Hack
The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI on Wednesday shot down reports that a cyber attack took down a pump an an Illinois public water utility. View full post on homeland cyber – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
What you should know about the US water utility SCADA breach
Here are some key questions and answers about the November 8 break-in of the control network at an American water utility that resulted in attackers burning out a pump. Some of these answers are based on information from Joseph Weiss, managing partner at Applied Control Systems LLC and author of the book “Protecting Industrial Control […]