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Subject: [ISN] GAO: Defense installation utilities at risk of cyber attack
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2015-07-27 11:04:14
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.2.02.1507271104040.15545 () infosecnews ! org
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http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2015/07/24/utility-cyber-attack/30615033/
By Andrew Tilghman
Staff writer
Military Times
July 25, 2015
The utility systems that provide water, electricity and other essential
services to military installations worldwide have limited defenses against
cyber-attacks, putting many bases at risk for a "serious mission-disabling
event," a new Government Accountability Office report says.
A recent GAO investigation identified a disturbing vulnerability in the
military's network of "industrial control systems," the computers that
monitor or operate physical utility infrastructure.
For example, "most" Navy and Marine Corps industrial control systems (ICS)
"have very little in the way of security controls and cybersecurity
measures in place," according to government documents identified by the
GAO.
That leaves many installations exposed to a "cyber-physical effect" attack
that could cause the "physical destruction of utility infrastructure
controlled by an ICS," the GAO said.
[...]
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