Re: east coast powergrid / SCADA [OT?]

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Gml,
    You might want to re-consider that statment. There are many obvious
critical "things" connected to the internet that affect our lives. The
lack of realization of that is why security is such a big issue. "Ohh
that won't affect me"... "where'd my bank account go?"

Ignorance is bliss until someone with knowledge takes advantage of you.

gml wrote:

>I can't image that anything really important would be connected to the
>internet. Then again who knows right.
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>RMcElroy_at_mbe.com
>Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 3:41 PM
>To: scheidell_at_secnap.net; tetsujin_at_comcast.net
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>Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] east coast powergrid / SCADA [OT?]
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>At least on the west coast they do not, I think the requirements of the
>systems are way out of Microsoft's range. Lot's and Lot's of Unix
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael Scheidell [mailto:scheidell_at_secnap.net]
>Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 11:36 AM
>To: tetsujin
>Cc: full-disclosure_at_lists.netsys.com
>Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] east coast powergrid / SCADA [OT?]
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>>Paller said it is "highly unlikely" that the process control computers
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>>behind critical infrastructure like power in the United States would
>>run on the Windows operating system.
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>well, ONTARIO HYDRO does seem to have SOME windoes boxes.. at least here
>is one that appears to have been infected with slammer:
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>http://www.hackertrap.net/LID.pl?IID=39335068
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>(Aug 9th through the 12th?)
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