FBI Investigates 'Foreign Cyber Attack'

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FBI Investigates 'Foreign Cyber Attack' (Yahoo/SkyNews)

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are investigating what could be the first known foreign cyber attack to damage an American industrial system.

Federal investigators confirmed to Sky News that they were examining reports that a foreign hacker or hackers managed to remotely gain access to a water facility in Illinois and shut down a pump on November 8.


The incident came to light after prominent cyber security expert Joe Weiss obtained a report written by the Illinois Statewide Terrorism and Intelligence Centre.


According to Mr Weiss, who specialises in protecting industrial control systems from electronic threats, the report confirms the cyber attack was traced back to a computer in Russia.

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[MikeinFlorida]

Very interesting that the feds investigate outside the US as has been surmised for a number of years.

[deepsand]

It's old news that this was a false alarm.

[deepsand]

Very interesting that the feds investigate outside the US as has been surmised for a number of years.

Huh?

It has never been a secret that the Federal government has a myriad agencies which conduct investigations abroad.

[ndanev]

"the first known foreign cyber attack to damage an American industrial system" I can't believe this. Well we are going to see that happen a lot more I am sure, as computers are getting more important in the industrial production cycles.

[deepsand]

"the first known foreign cyber attack to damage an American industrial system" I can't believe this.

Did you miss the fact that such was a false alarm?