Telvent Canada says someone sneaked past its internal firewall, installing malicious software and stealing files related to control software it makes that's used to manage the electric grid in various countries.
The company warned customers last week that it learned of a breach of its network on September 10, according to the KrebsOnSecurity blog. Project files associated with the firm's OASyS SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) software were stolen, the post says.
"Although we do not have any reason to believe that the intruder(s) acquired any information that would enable them to gain access to a customer system or that any of the compromised computers have been connected to a customer system, as a further precautionary measure, we indefinitely terminated any customer system access by Telvent," the company said this week in a letter to customers, which was cited by the blog.
A Telvent spokesman confirmed the breach to Wired today but wouldn't comment on whether files had been downloaded or altered. "We are aware of a security breach of our corporate network that has affected some customer files," spokesman Martin Hannah is quoted as saying. "We're working directly with our customers, and they are taking recommended actions ... [Read more]
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