CIA läßt geschwärzte heraus' Städte der Häcker `zu

CIA hat aufgedeckt, daß cyber Terroristen mehreren Städte außerhalb der USA ohne Energie verlassen haben, indem sie in die Energie Rasterfelder zerhackten und Geld in Rückkehr für die Lichter zurück schalten an verlangten. Es würde scheinen, daß das Alptraumdrehbuch, das in den Filmen beabsichtigt wird, mögen Hartnäckige 4 ist jetzt eine Wirklichkeit geworden.

In einer Aussage, die zu einer Haupt-US Sicherheit Konferenz gegeben wurde, deckte CIA amtlicher Tom Donahue auf, daß Agentur Sicherheit Amerikas von einer Anzahl von erfolgreichen Angriffen auf Energie Rasterfeldern außerhalb der US wußte, die Verdunkelungen und Nachfragen nach Geld ergeben hatten.

Lights go out, walls come tumblin’ down

Donahue revealed how in at least one case the attacks had “caused a power outage affecting multiple cities”. The CIA has refused to name the cities or countries affected by the attacks, but confirmed that all the attacks had taken place through the internet.

According to the CIA statement, the hackers’ success in compromising infrastructure security systems may have been aided by insider knowledge, although they have no way of proving this. Although blackmail was certainly one factor no other motives were presented: “We do not know who executed these attacks or why, but all involved intrusions through the internet,” the statement read.

The statement has led to renewed calls for more attention to be focused on the security of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems that are used to manage many civic utilities and infrastructure. The vulnerability of SCADA systems has concerned IT security specialists for many years.

Although numerous checks and balances aimed at preventing wholesale meltdown are incorporated into most SCADA systems, the CIA’s evidence suggests that there are still ways to circumnavigate even the tightest security.

tech.co.uk

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