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Production control systems used by utilities such as power and water operators were thrust into the spotlight with Stuxnet but experts at an information security gathering today said the fallout was mixed.
Delegates to the 10th annual AusCERT conference heard that crude worms based on Stuxnet code were on the horizon and likely to target utilities at random. But the attention on the information systems used by utilities may see security improve because it turned up heat on vendors and utilities to act, said Canadian information security expert Eric Byres.
“Those in the chemical-utility space have been quite good at fixing problems in their systems," Byres said. “Those utilities are naturally risk-averse.”
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