A news story today reminded me of one question I've always had. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21042378 details how malware on a USB stick in a power plant caused problems in the electronics with possibly leaking of data.
Now USB sticks are one thing but why on earth would a building like that need to be connected to the internet? Connected to that why connect crucial buildings like the Pentagon to the World Wide Web? Is the need for the FBI to go on Facebook so important that teenage hackers with too much time on their hands can get into their systems the other way looking for aliens?
Now I appreciate these sites need to be in contact with other buildings in geographically different locations but why not run two separate networks, one inward facing and one outward facing and never the twain shall meet. If it's physically impossible to hack into the networks because there's no connection with the outside world then surely secrets stay safe, power stations remain operational and hackers have to find something else to do.
Isn't physically having to go to these buildings to conduct your work a relatively minor inconvenience to national secrets leaking out?
Thursday 17 January 2013
Why Connect Power Stations To The Internet?
Posted on 14:40 by Unknown
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