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Better IT security education could have prevented SCADA hack

Infosecurity Europe says better IT security education could have prevented the high-level SCADA water systems hack in the US

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Commenting on reports that a SCADA-based water system in the US has been hacked by cybercriminals - apparently based in Russia - the organisers of the Infosecurity Europe show say this highlights the very real dangers that hackers now pose to everyone in society.

According to Claire Sellick, the show's event director, the hack appears to stem from an incursion into the SCADA software vendor's systems, raising the spectre of other water systems in the US - and elsewhere in the world - being vulnerable to attack.

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