Are Cyber-Attacks on the Power Grid Limited to Nation-State Actors?

Are Cyber-Attacks on the Power Grid Limited to Nation-State Actors?

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Accessing Setpoints From Front Panel Use buttons Over Modbus

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Accessing Setpoints From Front Panel Use buttons Over Modbus

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Are Cyber-Attacks on the Power Grid Limited to Nation-State Actors?

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  1. 1 black hat USA 2017
  2. 2 Once upon a time... Understanding security and privacy for future smart cities Training and research environment
  3. 3 Model is there... How do you connect devices?
  4. 4 Accessing Setpoints From Front Panel Use buttons Over Modbus
  5. 5 Breaking the encryption algorithm Passcode/encrypted passcode pairs Manual cryptanalysis Chosen Plaintext Attack (CPA)
  6. 6 What can be done with this? Encrypted passcode is a setpoint Can change the passcode locking legitimate operators out
  7. 7 Responsible disclosure process We first reported this to the GE Product Security Incident Response Team in 2016 The firmware update for the affected device came out later in 2016
  8. 8 Mitigation GE's firmware update removes the ability to retrieve the encrypted passcode from the screen or Modbus

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