Russians Are Said to Be Suspects in Hacks Involving Nuclear Site

[NightWatcher]

The installation of trump was not the end game but merely a step in their plan to destabilize the US and finally win the Cold War, a war they never stopped fighting.

Cheers

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-07/russians-are-said-to-be-suspects-in-hacks-involving-nuclear-site




Russians Are Said to Be Suspects in Hacks Involving Nuclear Site

By Michael Riley , Jennifer A Dlouhy , and Bryan Gruley
July 6, 2017, 8:12 PM EDT
Attacks could pave way to disrupt U.S. electric grid
Kansas site is among those trying to eject intruders

Wolf Creek Nuclear power plant in Kansas. Photographer: David Eulitt/Capital Journal via AP Photo
Hackers working for a foreign government recently breached at least a dozen U.S. power plants, including the Wolf Creek nuclear facility in Kansas, according to current and former U.S. officials, sparking concerns the attackers were searching for vulnerabilities in the electrical grid.

The enemy could be positioning itself to eventually disrupt the nation’s power supply, warned the officials, who noted that a general alert was distributed to utilities a week ago. Adding to those concerns, hackers recently infiltrated an unidentified company that makes control systems for equipment used in the power industry, an attack that officials believe may be related.

The chief suspect is Russia, according to three people familiar with the continuing effort to eject the hackers from the computer networks. One of those networks belongs to an aging nuclear generating facility known as Wolf Creek -- owned by Westar Energy Inc., Great Plains Energy Inc. and Kansas Electric Power Cooperative Inc. -- on a lake shore near Burlington, Kansas.

[NightWatcher]

1. and the kicker, from the NYT

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/technology/nuclear-plant-hack-report.html?referer=https://t.co/9VdwjgmpE7

The hackers appeared determined to map out computer networks for future attacks, the report concluded.

[Nevernose]

2. I don't understand why stuff like that

Is connected to the internet. It seems like a really easy fix. A fix that worked with various technologies going back thousands of years, everything from nuclear power plants to catapults.

[ProudLib72]

3. I don't understand why stuff like that is STILL connected to the internet

After all that has been uncovered, after all the hacking that has been done, why in the name of all that is holy does someone not secure our computers?

[Stinky The Clown]

4. B-B-B-B-But . . . . . K-K-K-K-Kansas has that crusading guy out fixing the voting machines.

And all.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. I'm sure Drumpf will take it up with his BFF Pooty