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That wouldn't necessarily solve the problem, if you look at what happened with stuxnet. Getting a USB stick into a domestic steel factory probably isn't hard.
by joshvm 12y ago
That wouldn't necessarily solve the problem, if you look at what happened with stuxnet. Getting a USB stick into a domestic steel factory probably isn't hard.
As another commentator said, these plants are designed to be operated by people who don't know the difference between a mouse and a keyboard. The systems must work perfectly 24/7. I've seen the legions of machines running XP because the legacy software runs on it and God forbid they upgrade to Windows 8.
That said everything seemed pretty secure there, loads of IT red tape needed to get anything on the network.
- Fuxy 12y agoWell the usual solution to that is glue up the USB port or no USB stick is allowed to enter or leave the facility. This doesn't make it impossible to get access but it make it a hell of a lot more difficult. For one thing the hackers don't have direct access they need to rely on the virus to do the dirty work and cannot do intelligence gathering on what systems are being used that well either.