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Computer Intrusion Inflicts Massive Damage on German Steel Factory

posted by martyb on Saturday December 20 2014, @06:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the hope-nobody-was-hurt dept.

Blackmoore writes:

Ars technica - Computer intrusion inflicts massive damage on German steel factory

A German steel factory suffered significant damage after attackers gained unauthorized access to computerized systems that help control its blast furnace, according to a report published Friday by IDG News.

The attackers took control of the factory's production network through a spear phishing campaign, IDG said, citing a [pdf] report published Wednesday by the German government's Federal Office for Information Security. Once the attackers compromised the network, individual components or possibly entire systems failed.

 
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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 20 2014, @07:05PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 20 2014, @07:05PM (#127789)

    > Why Was a Blast Furnace On the Internet?

    Because some people have to learn the hard way. Network connectivity brings the bad with the good, remote monitoring and control is something that benefited the company every single day. They just never conceived of the downside until it happened to them. It is going to take a few more examples like this before the industry really comes to grips with the fact that everything comes with a price.

    Similarly, maybe the Sony hack will have some effect on the "collect it all" attitude of non-industrial companies. Hackers can't steal what isn't on the net, so time to start prioritizing what data really needs to be electronic at all as well as what data should just be expired to offline storage.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 20 2014, @07:42PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 20 2014, @07:42PM (#127801)

    " It is going to take a few more examples like this before the industry really comes to grips with the fact that everything comes with a price."

    Just say NO to IoT marketing insanity.