Thursday 24 December 2015

New York dam hack underscores threat for connected utilities

Reports that Iranian hackers breached the computer network at a small, aging dam in Westchester County, N.Y., once again highlight how exposed many US utilities are to even the simplest digital assaults.

But while the breach reported by The Wall Street Journal earlier this week set off alarms about hackers striking American public infrastructure, experts caution that the 2013 incident at the Bowman Avenue Dam outside Rye., N.Y., shouldn’t be interpreted as evidence of a crippling cyberattack in the works. For the full article click here 



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