Cyber search engine Shodan exposes industrial control systems to new risks

axial · Jun 4, 2012

Cyber search engine Shodan exposes industrial control systems to new risks
By Robert O’Harrow Jr., Published: June 3

http://www.washingtonpost.com/inves...nerabilities/2012/06/03/gJQAIK9KCV_story.html

It began as a hobby for a teenage computer programmer named John Matherly, who wondered how much he could learn about devices linked to the Internet.

After tinkering with code for nearly a decade, Matherly eventually developed a way to map and capture the specifications of everything from desktop computers to network printers to Web servers.

He called his fledgling search engine Shodan, and in late 2009 he began asking friends to try it out. He had no inkling it was about to alter the balance of security in cyberspace.
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noone_particular · Jun 4, 2012

The control systems have been at risk all along. Shodan is merely shining a light on just how poorly designed our infrastructure really is.

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