Water Treatment Vulnerabilities Exposed Via Simulated Ransomware Attack

Georgia Tech researchers are highlighting vulnerabilities in the control systems of water and wastewater treatment facilities by using ransomware.
Water Treatment Vulnerabilities Exposed Via Simulated Ransomware Attack
Georgia Tech researchers have developed a new form of ransomware that can take control of a simulated water treatment plant. Shown are Raheem Beyah (left), associate chair in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and David Formby, a Georgia Tech Ph.D. student. –Photo By Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech

Cybersecurity researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new form of ransomware that was able to take control of a simulated water treatment plant. After gaining access, the researchers commanded programmable logic controllers (PLCs) to shut valves,...

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