Return-Path: <sentto-279987-4454-1013315476-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Sat, 09 Feb 2002 20:34:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 13329 invoked by uid 510); 10 Feb 2002 04:31:38 -0000 Received: from n12.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.62) by all.net with SMTP; 10 Feb 2002 04:31:38 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-4454-1013315476-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [216.115.97.166] by n12.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 10 Feb 2002 04:31:16 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_2); 10 Feb 2002 04:31:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 90251 invoked from network); 10 Feb 2002 04:31:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.167) by m12.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 10 Feb 2002 04:31:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (12.232.72.98) by mta1.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 10 Feb 2002 04:31:15 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id g1A4XBV28094 for iwar@onelist.com; Sat, 9 Feb 2002 20:33:11 -0800 Message-Id: <200202100433.g1A4XBV28094@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 20:33:11 -0800 (PST) Subject: [iwar] [fc:Terrorist.said.hacking.into.water.system.operational.websites] Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Terrorist said hacking into water system operational websites Water Technology Online, 2/7/02 <a href="http://www.watertechonline.com/news.asp?mode=4&N_ID=29248v">http://www.watertechonline.com/news.asp?mode=4&N_ID=29248v> The FBI says al-Qaida terrorists may have been studying American dams and water-supply systems in preparation for new attacks, and looking for ways to hack into operational websites. The bulletin was sent after federal authorities found a computer belonging to a person with alleged indirect ties to Osama bin Laden that contained architectural and engineering software related to dams and other water-retaining structures, according to the FBI, an MSNBC report said. The FBI said members of al-Qaida have scoured the Web in search of methods for gaining control of water supply facilities and wastewater treatment plants through the computer networks used by US utility companies, according to the report. The bulletin was sent by the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center to about 3,000 members of the center's InfraGard program, an information-sharing partnership between the FBI and private industry, according the report. Authorities said al-Qaida members have sought information on Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems available on multiple SCADA-related websites. The MSNBC report said the group specifically sought information on water supply and wastewater management practices in the United States and abroad. SCADA systems are used by utility companies and municipalities to control equipment from a central location. The systems are generally not on the public Internet, but are connected through dedicated communications channels that link a control center to hundreds of remote terminal units. These in turn control water pumps and other equipment. The FBI did not say where the computer which contained the architectural and engineering software was found or who owned it, the report said. ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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