[dynoman]

Exactly. I’m skeptical about how serious this is. If this Trojan is embedded in “The hacked software” - whatever that is - why hasn’t it been activated?

[familyop]

"If this Trojan is embedded in 'The hacked software' - whatever that is - why hasn’t it been activated?"

With the kind of virus called a time bomb during the '90s. It's easy for crackers to write viruses that are activated at a particular later time. Commercial information technology, as it is, is a national security flaw built by small corporate/government groups with weak software. All SCADA systems should be replaced with free and open source versions and intensely and frequently reviewed by many.

But that's not the only security problem with control systems. As we know, there are also many potential physical risks. The best solution would be much more decentralized and distributed systems facilitated with open source hardware technologies (including heavy equipment built in local small shops around the planet).

[Kartographer]

I worked on the Iranians and it also has worked on the Russians.

Hacking The Industrial SCADA Network

http://pipelineandgasjournal.com/hacking-industrial-scada-network