An electronic attack believed to emanate from computers in Russia reportedly destroyed a water pump belonging to an unnamed, Springfield, Illinois water utility earlier this month. Hackers gained unauthorized access to that company s industrial control system, according to published reports. The attackers are reported to have been operating from behind machines with Russian IP addresses. SCADA systems monitor and control various industrial processes, some of which are considered critical infrastructure. Researchers have warned about attacks on critical infrastructure for some time, but warnings became reality after a computer worm, Stuxnet, attacked and destroyed centrifuges at a uranium enrichment facility in Iran.
Source: https://threatpost.com/water-utility-damaged-cyberattack-111811/75910/