FBI: no evidence that the water pump by hackers is destroyed

There is no proof that an American water system by hackers is destroyed. That claims to be the FBI as a result of the news that criminals had a water pump failure would have been made by him repeatedly on and off.

It is not proven that the pump of the water system is actually by hackers is destroyed, concludes the FBI from own research. In addition, there would be no usernames and passwords are captured. Also is not clear that the supplier of the scada software, which the hack initially would have taken place, also by hackers is affected, in an e-mail where The Registry is the hand, knew.

The alleged hack was in the last week in a blog post to the world created by beveiligingsexpert Joe Weiss. Hackers would the pump in the U.s. Springfield have been destroyed by him repeatedly on and off, so he overheated her. It was the first time that such a hack was made. That is a sensitive issue, because the society is dependent on such installations for the supply of water, power and gas.

The ip address of the criminals was reportedly traced to Russia. The FBI, however, has no traffic to Russia or other foreign countries was observed. Also, there are, according to the FBI yet, no suspicious activity has come to light. The investigation is still investigating, however, the screenshots of a waterpompinstallatie in Texas that Friday online appeared. The FBI excludes the involvement of hackers not yet completely out.


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