Will the Illinois Utility Hack Impede Smart-Grid Rollout?

Last month Digital Communities published an article on SCADA hacking http://www.digitalcommunities.com/articles/The-Stuxnet-2-Coming-to-a-SCADA-System-Near-You-.html — a seemingly arcane but important subject closely related to the reliability of power and other essential utilities. And then, in an eerie coincidence, on Nov. 8, a hacker apparently shut down a pump at an Illinois water supply station. The U.S. Homeland Security Department and the FBI are investigating, according to Monday’s Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-us-probes-cyber-attack-on-water-system-20111121,0,5023018.story .

Wayne Hanson

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