Sellafield hacked
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paulfromcamden
Baffled
"We've got very robust multi-layer protection systems that would indicate if anything like that had happened," he said.
"We also have a 24/7-staffed cyber-security operations centre. And their job is to protect the system, to monitor the system to ensure that that never happens."
Asked whether he could categorically reassure the public that there had been no hack, he replied: "Yes, because our systems would indicate if there had been, and there has not."
Unless they didn't.
That's sort of how a successful hack works - you don't know about it at the time.
IME senior management often have a fairly sketchy understanding of cybersecurity so I'm disinclined to give much weight to the comments of Euan Hutton.
The ONR has stated that they are unhappy with cybersecurity at Sellafield.
Time for a proper external audit.
gintonic
50 shades of grey pussy cats
that depends on the intrusion detection they deploy. But there are ways to evade IDSs. Running a closed network is a good way of preventing intrusion unless the actor is on the inside. I know of organisations that have closed networks, no wifi on laptops onsite, no bluetooth at all, no mobile phones in labs.......
paulfromcamden
Baffled
Yes. Though Stuxnet demonstrated that an air gap is no guarantee if physical access can be achieved. I understand there is a lot of research into breaching air gaps - I suspect you'll be better informed than me on that as it's been a number of years since I did any of this stuff for a living.
gintonic
50 shades of grey pussy cats
also true
gavreid
Pretty Words...
The Sellafield nuclear waste dump is to be prosecuted for alleged information technology security offences, the industry watchdog has said.
The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) said on Thursday that it had notified the state-owned Cumbrian nuclear company that it would be prosecuted under industry security regulations.
Charges relate to four-year period between 2019 and early 2023, and follow Guardian investigation
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The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) said on Thursday that it had notified the state-owned Cumbrian nuclear company that it would be prosecuted under industry security regulations.
Charges relate to four-year period between 2019 and early 2023, and follow Guardian investigation
Sellafield nuclear waste dump to be prosecuted for alleged cybersecurity offences
Charges relate to four-year period between 2019 and early 2023, and follow Guardian investigation
Finnegan
I like a bit of a cavort
Darn it! We were such fools to accept their reassurances.The Sellafield nuclear waste dump is to be prosecuted for alleged information technology security offences, the industry watchdog has said.
The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) said on Thursday that it had notified the state-owned Cumbrian nuclear company that it would be prosecuted under industry security regulations.
Charges relate to four-year period between 2019 and early 2023, and follow Guardian investigation
Sellafield nuclear waste dump to be prosecuted for alleged cybersecurity offences
Charges relate to four-year period between 2019 and early 2023, and follow Guardian investigation
Barrymagrec
pfm Member
Luckily, being a government owned organisation everything will have been done properly and the can be no question of any cover up having happened.
cooky1257
pfm Member
Me and my partner had a quiet weekend in Seascale last year, it's beautiful up there The horizon is clear of ships and the sky of planes...After a long walk along the beach I found an interesting coloured pebble that I carried for about 10 minutes until I saw the huge MOD sign warning not to remove anything from the shore....
palindrome
Thru a hedge, backwards and forwards.
If your partner compliments you on your new-found glowing complexion, don't panic!
It's the 'Ready brek' you had for breakfast, isn't it?
John
gavreid
Pretty Words...
You still can't farm sheep within certain fields. I'm reminded of the old "If" Cartooons
Finnegan
I like a bit of a cavort
Just up the coast, Galloway is home to the Dundrennan Range, where the MOD has spent decades firing depleted uranium shells into the Solway Firth. And a little further up still, sits Beaufort‘s Dyke in the North Channel between Scotland and Ireland, where a shitload of radioactive waste was dumped. It was the main impediment to Johnson’s vanity project of a bridge linking Scotland and Ireland.You still can't farm sheep within certain fields. I'm reminded of the old "If" Cartooons
gavreid
Pretty Words...
They've been saying that much of the land was contaiminated by fallout from Chernobyl. It just happens to peak around Sellafield etc by "happy accident"
paulfromcamden
Baffled
On the plus side you can get six legs of mutton from a single animal.
Somafunk
pfm Member
I live in Kirkcudbright a couple of miles from the firing range where the 10,000+ shells were fired from and there is 13 radioactive hotspots due to Seascale/Sellafield discharges in the bay that are monitored, obviously we are not allowed to know where they are. Back in the 80’s and 90’s we had a local guy in the town (Dan Kenny) that used to work for the British nuclear agency and he was always campaigning on the issue along with the Sellafield f**k-ups.
The Dundrennan range was one of my favourite local places to go ride on as it was deserted,
A fixer upper
Dont touch?, Pah…..I’ll touch what I like
