Insecurity of Industrial Control System (ICS)

5 October 2020 - Reading time: ~1 minute

A video about vulnerabilities in industrial systems and a demonstration of hackers exploiting electricity distribution systems (e.g., National Grid) (simulated attack). Note that the demo you can see in this video I implemented in software (100% virtualised). The hardware demonstrator was publicly available at several conferences, such as RSAC and BlackHat Europe.

It should be noted that the demonstrator was implemented in two versions: one entirely in software, and the other (much more interesting to play with) in hardware. Below are a few images of the ICS security demonstrator presented at different venues. People could come and try their skills in hacking the industrial system right on stage!

There is a small article about how some fellow hackers tried to solve the puzzle at BlackHat Europe in London.