Security researchers at Iconics, Datac and Control Microsystems, 7-Technologies and Siemens discovered 34 security flaws within software which were capable of letting remote hackers run malicious code, gain admission into sensitive data, or interrupt the functioning of physical equipments via attacking SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) software deployed on computer servers. Msn published this in news on March 23, 2011.
Notably, the use of SCADA program is associated with operating and monitoring crucial infrastructure systems as well as mechanized industrial manufacturing, production and refining processes. During the 2010 summer the sophisticated Stuxnet virus, which hit the Bushehr nuclear facility in Iran, was created for exploiting vulnerabilities in such SCADA software from Siemens.
Actually, after security researchers investigated the attack codes, they stated that the vulnerabilities themselves weren't extremely perilous since they'd mainly only let an attacker bring down an Internet-connected machine alternatively move out sensitive data, while trying to compromise operator-viewing software rather than the computers which straight away regulated critical processes. However, according to the researchers, the vulnerabilities were even then capable of letting an attacker acquire control of a computer for discovering more security flaws, which if exploited could disturb fundamental functioning.
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