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Pongámonos a imaginar hasta el punto de crear un panorama en el que exista un grupo de hackers con capacidad para infectar los ordenadores diminutos que tienen el control de todo tipo de infraestructuras críticas. Da igual si hablamos de instalaciones de tratamiento de agua o de plantas de energía, por poner un par de ejemplos.

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El experimento que lo demuestra

Este escenario, siendo tan caótico y catastrófico como lo presentamos, aún no se ha dado, pero puede darse, y pronto. Ha sido un grupo de investigadores del Instituto Tecnológico de Georgia el que nos ha advertido de que este tipo de ataques es inminente.

Por si alguien no se fiase, estos profesionales ha hecho una demostración desarrollando y probando en su propio laboratorio lo que sería una prueba del concepto de ransomware en sistemas de control industrial, capaz de atacar a tres tipos diferentes de Controladores Lógicos Programables.

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This creation has a name, LogicLocker. El equipo de investigación describe un escenario en el que varios ciberdelincuentes apuntan a distintos Controladores Lógicos Programables expuestos en línea aplicando un ransomware en sistemas de control industrial.

La actuación de estos pasaría por infectarlos utilizando un malware personalizado cuyo diseño esté pensado específicamente para realizar una reprogramación de cada ordenador, incluyendo una nueva contraseña; así, los propietarios legítimos a causa del Ransomware quedarían, de momento, bloqueados de cualquier acceso.

En esta situación es más que evidente que el propietario recibiría una alerta de los delincuentes, quienes utilizarían su poder para pedir un rescate del control del PLC in question. If not accepted, as we have often seen similar attacks, hackers, with "power" to do what they wanted, they could leave the system with defective plants, cause damage to infrastructure ... or worse.,,es,One of the creators of this experiment,,,es,Raheem Beyah,,ar,, It indicates that it is inevitable that cybercriminals viren its objectives, targeting critical infrastructure.,,es

One of the creators of this experiment, Raheem Beyah, nos indica que es inevitable el que los ciberdelincuentes viren sus objetivos, apuntando a las infraestructuras críticas.

At the time that step is taken, say they will not be difficult to achieve take control of PLCs. With a simple internet query on which are most commonly used models, we see that there are about 1500 online devices exposed and, worst of all, vulnerable right now.,,es,With this research and the creation of,,es,It seeks nothing more than raise awareness of how important it is,,es,critical infrastructure security industrial communication,,es,, Something that we absolutely agree.,,es,2017-11-14T10:36:36 00:00,,en,The fundamental pillars of Industry 4.0 - Part 2,,es,The fundamental pillars of the Industry 4.0,,es,industry 4.0,,es

Con esta investigación y con la creación del ransomware en sistema de control industrial no se pretende otra cosa más que crear conciencia sobre lo importante que es la seguridad en las infraestructuras críticas de comunicación industrial, algo en lo que estamos absolutamente de acuerdo.