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About 730 days ago Computer Security | Data Security | Network Security | Spyware and Malware

Industrial Hacking Demo Cancelled at Homeland Security Request

A demo of how to hack Siemens industrial control systems was cancelled at TakeDownCon after the department of Homeland Security and Siemens asked the security expert presenters—nicely—not to show the audience how these systems can be breached. These industrial systems, called SCADA for “supervisory control and data acquisition” control such things as factory operations, power plants…and warships. READ MORE »