Cyber War - The Aurora Project

Arikel ur dagens SvD. Läsvart men kolla sedan in länken efter detta från ett 60 minutes inslag som konkret visar hur en generator fysiskt kan saboteras via internet. När man inser hur länder idag ex Nord Korea och Kina bygger upp kapacitet inom just detta område så kan man undra hur vi i vårt land skulle kunna skydda oss mot motsvarande attacker?

Vår beredskap är god?

Sverige utsatt - Datorerna håller på att bli vårt nästa slagfält och i cyberrymden pågår upprustningen för fullt. Sverige är ett av världens mest uppkopplade länder och därmed ett lätt mål för en it-attack. FRA varnar för att det redan finns stater som har förmåga att stänga vårt elnät och lamslå hela samhället.
http://www.svd.se/naringsliv/special/innovation/attack-i-cyberrymden_4424189.svd

This Cyber War episode was on 60 minutes and belongs to CBS. The Aurora Project proved that network control to a generator is very dangerous. This shows how drastically a 27-Ton Jenbacher 1 megawatt type power generator can be destroyed by simply hacking into it from a common laptop. Imagine getting access to all of the generators in the U.S. and then simply pushing the enter key on your keyboard by one man. After a little control by use of the internet and some skilled hacking by an evil programmer or an Al-Qaeda professional, this could be accomplished. With one malignant hacker on the power grid, a lot of our economy will die. What will we do without electricity for 4 months or maybe up to a year? Our electronic and software engineers that create these interfaces that control these generators need to care about these liabilities, and not just profits. Even if they did, its still too expensive. Microsoft makes billions and even they cant stop hackers. The Internet is for information, and should never be used for generator control..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTkXgqK1l9A&feature=player_embedded#

China’s Cyber-Militia
Computer hackers in China, including those working on behalf of the Chinese government and military, have penetrated deeply into the information systems of U.S. companies and government agencies, stolen proprietary information from American executives in advance of their business meetings in China, and, in a few cases, gained access to electric power plants in the United States, possibly triggering two recent and widespread blackouts in Florida and the Northeast, according to U.S. government officials and computer-security experts.

One prominent expert told National Journal he believes that China’s People’s Liberation Army played a role in the power outages. Tim Bennett, the former president of the Cyber Security Industry Alliance, a leading trade group, said that U.S. intelligence officials have told him that the PLA in 2003 gained access to a network that controlled electric power systems serving the northeastern United States. The intelligence officials said that forensic analysis had confirmed the source, Bennett said. “They said that, with confidence, it had been traced back to the PLA.” These officials believe that the intrusion may have precipitated the largest blackout in North American history, which occurred in August of that year. A 9,300-square-mile area, touching Michigan, Ohio, New York, and parts of Canada, lost power; an estimated 50 million people were affected.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/cs_20080531_6948.php