Technology Hacker accesses a Nuclear plant as easy as opening a can of beans

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The first time Scott Lunsford offered to hack into a nuclear power station, he was told it would be impossible. There was no way, the plant's owners claimed, that their critical components could be accessed from the Internet. Lunsford, a researcher for IBM's Internet Security Systems, found otherwise.

"It turned out to be one of the easiest penetration tests I'd ever done," he says. "By the first day, we had penetrated the network. Within a week, we were controlling a nuclear power plant. I thought, 'Gosh. This is a big problem.'"

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> we were controlling a nuclear power plant

Cool. I've always wanted my own :p


Though, makes you wonder why there even is a network cable between the control stations and any normal comps with internet access...
 
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AceHart said:
> we were controlling a nuclear power plant

Cool. I've always wanted my own :p


Though, makes you wonder why there even is a network cable between the control stations and any normal comps with internet access...
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Because folks like Homer Simpson should be able to read the joke of the day and also get all these useful security updates for their workstations :D
 
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>What a world we live in.
Current planet = Earth
Date = 25.8.2007
Time of the day = 15:30pm

Now when they said that it's easy to hack, all kind of hackers can do it now :p
 
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Were screwed, dam suicidal hackers....
 
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