SCADA: Telvent's Corporate Network Hacked

Sept. 28, 2012
SCADA software maker, Telvent Canada, Ltd, a subsidiary of Schneider-Electric, confirms that its corporate network was compromised and files used by customers were also accessed.

Telvent Canada (www.telvent.com), a provider of SCADA software and other real-time tools for the utility and oil and gas industries, revealed in a recent letter to customers that a recent intrusion to its netowork had been executed by a Chinese group, called the Comment Group. First reported by Brian Krebbs, the hackers directed their attack at the company's OASyS SCADA software, with the aim to access and modify customer files of Telvent. If successful, modified files could have altered the code running the SCADA software

Telvent's parent company, Schneider Electric (www.schneider-electric.com) released a statement. Martin Hanna, a spokesman for Schneider Electric, said, "that the company had alerted customers to the attack and that there was no evidence the attackers ever had the ability to access customers' networks. Telvent is aware of a security breach of its corporate network that has affected some customer files. Customers have been informed and are taking recommended actions, with the support of Telvent teams. Telvent is actively working with law enforcement, security specialists and its affected customers to ensure the breach has been contained," 

The recent attack coincided with the Telvent announcement of a partnership with Industrial Defender on Sept 12. Industrial Defender offers a product called Automation Systems Manager (ASM), which collects and analyzes data from software applicaitons that provide a clear view of critical control applications. 

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