Michael Painter wrote: > > Have we all gone mad? > I find it hard to understand that a nuclear power plant, air-traffic > control network, or electrical grid would be 'linked' to the Internet > in the interest of 'efficiency'. Air gap them all and let them apply > for "Inefficiency Relief" from the $100 million relief fund.
What's hard to understand about mobility. Sure the HMI, RTU's etc are NOT connected to the public Internet however, they ARE networked. All a company needs is one client side attack to give an outsider the same level of access as an insider and it's checkmate. @Jared's TSP link... Wonder how this will affect VoIP ITSP's etal, e.g., how many local NS/EP's have swapped over to VoIP. Logically, anyone with a network running a managed VoIP service, trunk, etc., could qualify. @Fiber splicing ... Let the NSA handles this (http://www.zdnet.com/news/spy-agency-taps-into-undersea-cable/115877) -- =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ J. Oquendo SGFA, SGFE, C|EH, CNDA, CHFI, OSCP, CPT "It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently." - Warren Buffett 227C 5D35 7DCB 0893 95AA 4771 1DCE 1FD1 5CCD 6B5E http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x5CCD6B5E
