Breach of U.S. Public Utility

The Department of Homeland Security’s Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) advised in its quarterly report that an unnamed public utility was compromised after attackers took advantage of a weak password security system by using brute force techniques by trying on various passwords until they hit the right one. This may come as no surprise to some as the vulnerability of the U.S. power grid to electronic attack has been known since the 1990’s. Factors contributing to this increasing danger include the shift… Continue Reading