http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2396835,00.asp
“DHS, FBI Find ‘No Evidence’ of Public Water Utility Hack”
By Chloe Albanesius
November 23, 2011 02:14pm EST
SNIPPET: “The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI on Wednesday shot down reports that a cyber attack recently took down a pump at an Illinois public water utility.
“After detailed analysis, DHS and the FBI have found no evidence of a cyber intrusion into the SCADA system of the Curran-Gardner Public Water District in Springfield, Illinois,” a DHS spokesman said in a statement.”
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twitter.com/#!/danchodanchev/status/138683733573238785
@danchodanchev
Dancho Danchev
Posted on @ZDNet - SCADA systems at the Water utilities in Illinois, Houston, hacked - is.gd/ClsdCe #security #SCADA
21 Nov via HootSuite
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Quote:
twitter.com/#!/danchodanchev/status/138676067232776192
@danchodanchev
Dancho Danchev
Cracker using the handle pr0f has posted details on the hacked SCADA systems at the Water utilities in Illinois,Houston is.gd/luGPOI
21 Nov via HootSuite
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pastebin.com/Wx90LLum
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2396632,00.asp
“Illinois Water Utility Pump Destroyed After Hack”
By Chloe Albanesius
November 18, 2011 05:28pm EST
SNIPPET: “Joe Weiss, managing partner at Applied Control Systems LLC, said in a Thursday blog post that cyber scammers hacked a Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) software vendor and stole customer usernames and passwords. During the hack, however, the SCADA system was powered on and off, burning out a water pump, he said.
Department of Homeland Security spokesman Peter Boogaard said officials were investigating the incident.”
Note: Post no. 35 is not connected to any known jihad.
“Water-pump failure in Illinois wasn’t cyberattack after all”
By Ellen Nakashima, Friday, November 25, 1:53 PM
SNIPPET: “A water-pump failure in Illinois that appeared to be the first foreign cyberattack on a public utility in the United States was in fact caused by a plant contractor traveling in Russia, according to a source familiar with a federal investigation of the incident.
Investigators analyzed log files and connections to foreign Internet protocol addresses within the utility’s computer system, said the source, who was not authorized to speak for attribution. “No indictors of malicious activity were found” in the computer system of the Curran-Gardner Townships Public Water District in Springfield, the source said.”
Probably the link ADDING to post no. 35:
us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSB-11-327-01.pdf
US-CERT.gov - INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS CYBER EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM - Report - ICSB-11-327-01: “ILLINOIS WATER PUMP FAILURE REPORT” (November 23, 2011)
Ok, ok, this really IS the last update on the SCADA, waterpump alleged cyberattack that wasn’t — it was just a set of “comedy of errors.”
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2809589/posts?page=17#17
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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/11/water-pump-hack-mystery-solved/
“Exclusive: Comedy of Errors Led to False ‘Water-Pump Hack’ Report”
By Kim Zetter
November 30, 2011 | 5:54 pm
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Previously...
“Hackers accessed city infrastructure via SCADA – FBI”
by Hal Hodson
29 NOVEMBER 2011
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twitter.com/#!/HSPI/status/142278717723512832
@HSPI
GW Homeland Security
Comedy of errors led to false ‘Water-Pump Hack’ report bit.ly/roN3Gg
16 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry
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Previously...
Quote:
twitter.com/#!/HSPI/status/141986003987599360
@HSPI
GW Homeland Security
FBI: Hackers accessed city infrastructure via SCADA bit.ly/syP4lS
30 Nov via TweetMeme