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Why power plants need anti-virus
John Leyden, The Register 2005-03-17

Utility companies are been urged to review cyber security risks as the industry moves over from proprietary technologies to cheaper Windows-based systems. Attendees at an Industrial Cyber Security Conference in London on Tuesday 15 March were told that the control systems of utilities are becoming open to the kinds of attacks that bedevil corporate systems, such as computer worms and DDoS attacks, as power and water companies embrace the net.

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Complete Control ..... 2005-03-18
[Vash - the - Stampede] (1 replies)
Could you imagine? Complete control over powerplants at the posibility of the fingertips of those who would want to play a joke, or just do us harm by shutting the country down economically. Now, I know this is a bit of an exaggeration, but it does make for a scary thought though.

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Complete Control ..... 2005-03-25
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