[Am-info] Al Qaeda Could Pose Significant Cyber Threat to US Critical Infrastructure

[Fred A. Miller]

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Evidence indicates that al Qaeda's cyber capabilities are stronger than
previously thought.  Digital control systems for various elements of
the nation's critical infrastructure have been probed.  Distributed
control systems (DCS) and supervisory control and data acquisition
(SCADA) systems are configured with very little security as they were
not designed for public access.  Additionally, information found on al
Qaeda computers indicates members have been studying the structural
integrity of a dam.  The Washington Post article also describes the
ease with which an Australian man was able to manipulate a digital
control system to release sludge from a sewage treatment plant several
years ago.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50765-2002Jun26.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2070000/2070706.stm
http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/06/27/alqaeda.cyber.threat/index.html

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Fred A. Miller
Systems Administrator
Cornell Univ. Press Services
fm@cupserv.org, www.cupserv.org
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