New vulnerabilities revealed in SCADA systems

Stuart Sumner
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Industrial control systems revealed to be even less secure than thought, provoking fears of a new Stuxnet-style attack

Nuclear power stations and other heavy industries are more at risk from cyber attack than ever, as researchers have discovered dozens of new vulnerabilities. It has been shown that the software ...

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