U.S. officials say Russian government hackers...

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(07-09-2017, 01:43 PM)Nebuchadnezzar Wrote: I just wonder why our systems of importance such as nuclear power stations, are not on a closed system?

Seriously, why are things like this connected to the Internet where bad people can get in and cause trouble?

Also, why are these guys messing around with nuclear power stations? They could cause more damage and chaos by messing with Wall Street and other financial institutions. You can potentially cause a nuclear meltdown, murder 100,000 people and no one will care all that much but if you mess with money, they will drop a bomb on your house.

Breath deep and focus on the two most important words... "business systems"... of US Nuclear Power. Not operational systems.

So they hacked into the system that they use when they need to place an order to restock the snack machines, or order more toilet paper, or put out a memo that Friday is the day you can wear your local sports team's shirt.

Most important part of that article:

Quote:The U.S. officials all stressed that the latest intrusions did not affect systems that control the production of nuclear or electric power.


“There is no indication of a threat to public safety, as any potential impact appears to be limited to administrative and business networks,” the DHS and FBI said in a joint statement Friday.

One nuclear power company that was penetrated, Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp. in Kansas, issued a statement saying that “there has been absolutely no operational impact to Wolf Creek.” The reason is that the plant’s operational computer systems are completely separate from the corporate network, spokeswoman Jenny Hageman said. “The safety and control systems for the nuclear reactor and other vital plant components are not connected to business networks or the Internet,” she said.

In general, the nation’s 100 or so commercial nuclear power plants are safer from cyberattack than other energy plants because they isolate their control systems from the open Internet, said Bill Gross, director of incident preparedness at the Nuclear Energy Institute.

But you can be damn sure that there's going to be a ton of people resharing this article all over the internet, mongering up fear that the Russians are going to blow us all up with our own nuclear power plants.