Same here. When I first heard of this, I said to myself: "Bet these systems run on windows." On 11/20/2011 14:00, Lisa Kachold wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 11:25 PM, Michael Butash > wrote: > > There was some idle chat here prior about Stuxnet and how it > almost single-handed stopped or at least delayed Iran's Nuclear > aspirations, and I'd commented on how there was a variant called > Duqu that was running rampant in our SCADA systems that run > municipal water. > > Seems our environmentals that run cities have and are being > exploited more frequently with more disclosures in the past few > days of incidents in Springfield Illinois and Houston Texas. Not > only do I guarantee security on these systems and networks not up > to par, their embedded and obscure nature means they probably > aren't even regularly patched to take advantage. In the > Springfield incident they actually caused damage to a critical > pump, and it's only going to continue to get worse as it's now > being talked about more mainstream and word spreads. > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/17/water_utility_hacked/ > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/18/second_water_utility_hack/ > > I know I sleep better at night knowing all this software runs on > old windoze systems! Even better is how they're talking about in > here how they are often now internet connected systems so they can > be managed remotely to save costs (i.e. outsource it). Maybe > letting the Chinese government run our city water systems isn't > quite what they had in mind, but anything to save a buck in these > trying times I suppose... > > -mb > > > chortle! snort! > -- > (602) 791-8002 Android > (623) 239-3392 Skype > (623) 688-3392 Google Voice > ** > HomeSmartInternational.com > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss