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Hackers break into SCADA system, destroy pump at Illinois water utility
Using data stolen from a company that makes SCADA systems, hackers gained remote access into the control system of a city water utility and destroyed a water pump. SCADA stands for supervisory
Is there anything RSA wants to tell us about the Lockheed breach?
Lockheed Martin's network came under "significant and tenacious" attack last week, the defense contractor said over the weekend. President Obama was briefed on the attack, and both the Pentagon and
Security researcher accuses Siemens of downplaying SCADA bugs
Dillon Beresford, an analyst for security auditing firm NSS Labs, isn't thrilled with Siemens ( NYSE: SI ), expressing his frustration on a mailing list for SCADA (supervisory control and data
SCADA hack talk canceled on request by DHS, Siemens
A talk on how to build "industrial grade" SCADA malware at the TakeDownCon in Dallas earlier this week was shelved--mere hours before it was scheduled to start. SCADA stands for "supervisory control
White House cyber proposal offers carrots for industry
The White House unveiled a set of cybersecurity proposals last week , including a suggestion that Congress pass a law giving private companies greater incentives to improve security. The proposed
Five lessons from the big hack attack
The July 4 cyberattacks hit federal government sites, but there are plenty of lessons that private sector IT execs can learn from this holiday invasion, in order to prevent the same thing from
E-Verify hiring mandate dropped from stimulus bill
An effort to use the $787 billion stimulus package to mandate that employers use the E-Verify computer database system to vet the immigration status of workers has fallen by the wayside. The
Is data mining a civil rights violation?
The American Civil Liberties Union says Congress should limit government data-mining efforts because some techniques don't work and many raise serious privacy concerns. Timothy Sparapani, legislative
Fight over foreign student visa extension continues
Do American workers who feel aggrieved by the government's handling of the foreign student visa law have a right to challenge the Bush administration's handling of that policy in federal court? That
Judge allows extension of student visas
A federal judge in New Jersey refused to stop a federal Department of Homeland Security policy extending foreign student visas from one year to 29 months. The Programmers Guild, the Immigration
