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http://www.drives.co.uk/fullstory.asp?id=2232Drives & ControlsTechnology newsFebruary 2008A German software developer and systems integrator has developed a mobile SCADA system based on BlackBerry smartphones. Hamburg-based Schad says that its Extend 7000 system, which relies on Java applications running on the BlackBerries, can control and monitor industrial processes controlled by Siemens S7 PLCs.The handheld devices (shown above) can be used, for example, to:* monitor variable such as speeds, temper read more »
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Wonderware scareSecurity watchers warn of a rare vulnerability involving software used to control industrial systems. A denial of service vulnerability in monitoring software from Invensys poses a severe risk to the factories and utilities running its Wonderware subsidiary's InTouch SuiteLink application.… read more »
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Home Office pwnedPhishing fraudsters hacked a Home Office crime reduction website to host an Italian phishing website on Monday.… read more »
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A nuclear power plant in Georgia was recently forced into an emergency shutdown for 48 hours after a software update was installed on a single computer. The incident occurred on March 7 at Unit 2 of the Hatch nuclear power plant near Baxley, Georgia. The trouble started after an engineer from Southern Company, which manages the technology operations for the plant, installed a software update on a computer operating on the plant's business network. The...Please click on the title to continue reading this en read more »
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/05/AR2008060501958.htmlBy Brian Krebswashingtonpost.com Staff WriterJune 5, 2008A nuclear power plant in Georgia was recently forced into an emergency shutdown for 48 hours after a software update was installed on a single computer.The incident occurred on March 7 at Unit 2 of the Hatch nuclear power plant near Baxley, Georgia. The trouble started after an engineer from Southern Company, which manages the technology operations for the plant, inst read more »
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Court sin-bins ice hockey coachA 38-year-old Briton has been jailed for an underage sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl after her father uncovered evidence by planting monitoring software on her PC.… read more »
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:06:03 -0600 (CST)http://www.chestertontribune.com/Town%20of%20Chesterton/driver_hits_nipsco_pole_surge_fr.htmBy KEVIN NEVERSChesterton Tribune10/28/2008When a motorist, at approximately 12:11 a.m. on Sunday, struck a NIPSCO pole on Woodlawn Ave. just west of North Eighth Street, he not only interrupted electric service to the Chesterton wastewater treatment plant, he caused a power surge which zapped into oblivion the whole of the plant’ read more »
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