http://www.itnews.com.au/News/284263,shell-warns-hacks-on-oil-and-gas-could-kill.aspx By Stewart Mitchell iTnews.com.au Dec 13, 2011 IT Manager warns of potential for "huge damage" amid mounting attacks. An oil industry expert has warned colleagues they risk life-threatening damage from hackers interested in disrupting their systems. According to Ludolf Luehmann, an IT manager for Shell, oil industry players face increased attacks from hackers looking to do physical damage to equipment. Citing the Stuxnet worm believed to have disrupted Iran's nuclear programme, Luehmann said hackers gaining control of physical elements of oil industry hardware could be catastrophic. "It will cost lives and it will cost production, environmental damage - huge, huge damage." [...] _____________________________________________________ Subscribe to InfoSec News - www.infosecnews.org http://www.infosecnews.org/mailman/listinfo/isnReceived on Tue Dec 13 2011 - 01:55:05 PST
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