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SCADA Password Cracking Code Released: Security Alert

Written by Ali Loney | January 25, 2013

Help Net Security – (International) SCADA password cracking code available. The Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICSCERT) warned that a proof-of-concept exploit code was released that can brute force passwords to programmable logic controllers (PLC) before the vulnerability could be addressed by the manufacturer, Siemens.