More Control Systems Found Attached to the Internet

Back in November I published a blog post about Finding Internet-Connected Industrial Automation Devices and one of the scariest things I found was a wind turbine in Oklahoma with no apparent authentication.

Recently Dan Tentler took this several steps further and posted his video from the LayerOne 2012 security conference, where he shows you a vast array of non-secure devices connected to the internet, much of which can interact physically with the real world, including control systems. Here’s his extremely fascinating video, and it’s worth watching all 45 minutes (note that he also has a screenshot of the Endurance Wind Turbine interface that I found in my original post):

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