01/17/2011

Stuxnet: Idaho National Laboratory/Siemens 2008 Presentation on Siemens PCS-7

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Yesterday's New York Times story on Stuxnet mentions a 2008 PowerPoint presentation made by Idaho National Laboratory and Siemens at a conference in Chicago, on the vulnerabilities of the Siemens Process Control System (PCS) 7 operating system used by the Iranians. The New York Times  reports that the presentation is no longer available on the Siemens website, but I have obtained a copy here:

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/science/NSTB.pdf

Jan 17, 2011 5:33:29 AM | Cyberpower, Cyberspace, Cyberwar, Iran, Israel, Nuclear Weapons, Stuxnet, Theory of Cyberpower, Web/Tech

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