http://www.csoonline.com/article/2378585/data-protection/airport-breach-a-sign-for-it-industry-to-think-security-not-money.html
By Antone Gonsalves
CSO Online
June 26, 2014
The two U.S. airports that had their computers compromised by an unknown
group of hackers is a wake up call that America's best IT talent needs to
focus less on money and more on national security, an expert says.
The Center of Internet Security (CIS), a government-endorsed nonprofit
that helps states with cybersecurity, said in its recently released report
that it was notified in the summer of 2013 of advanced persistent attacks
(APTs) against four U.S. airports.
The CIS later learned that the same attackers were targeting eight other
airports.
Because there's no financial gain from going after airports, "the logical
point of these attacks is to be able to support taking down or controlling
critical systems in time of war or conflict," Murray Jennex, a San Diego
State University professor and former systems engineer at the San Onofre
nuclear power plant in California, said.
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