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Re: SCADA Watch: Insider Charged With Hacking California Canal System
From: "Daniel H. Renner" <dan () losangelescomputerhelp com>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:58:50 -0800
funsec-request () linuxbox org wrote:
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:01:38 GMT From: "Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net> Subject: [funsec] SCADA Watch: Insider Charged With Hacking California Canal System To: funsec () linuxbox org Message-ID: <20071129.180138.15775.1 () webmail11 vgs untd com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Via ComputerWorld. [snip] A former employee of a small California canal system has been charged with installing unauthorized software and damaging the computer used to divert water from the Sacramento River. Michael Keehn, 61, former electrical supervisor at the Tehama Colusa Canal Authority (TCAA) in Willows, Calif., faces 10 years in prison on charges that he "intentionally caused damage without authorization to a protected computer," according to Keehn's Nov. 15 indictment. He did this by installing unauthorized software on the TCAA's Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system, the indictment states. Keehn accessed the system on or about Aug. 15, according to the indictment. He is set to appear in federal court on Dec. 4 to face charges of computer fraud. As an electrical supervisor with the authority, he was responsible for computer systems and is still listed as the contact for the organization's Web site. [snip] More: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&art icleId=9050098 - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) wj8DBQFHT28Cq1pz9mNUZTMRAvMfAKDyXFKRDI1J5oVTJ28/OEbe2GnWXwCfYYjK XQtlJNLz0MJNvVDMJLJk3C8= =LvR6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
That's one way to secure a federal retirement pension - not my preferred way mind you...
Sincerely, Daniel H. Renner President Los Angeles Computerhelp A division of Computerhelp, Inc. 818-352-8700 http://losangelescomputerhelp.com _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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