Computing research: Industrial control systems under attack
The systems controlling our nuclear facilities could be 20 years old and unpatched. What could possibly go wrong? John Leonard and Danny Palmer investigate
In his State of the Union speech on 12 February, US president Barack Obama emphasised the need to strengthen the country's cyber-crime defences. "We know hackers steal people's identities and infiltrate...
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