# Hackers are targeting industrial systems with malware

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/hackers-are-targeting-industrial-systems-with-malware/
- Published: 2022-07-28T10:00:16-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Photo credit: Getty Images. Article by Dan Goodin. Ars Technica – July 15, 2022. From the what-could-possibly-go-wrong file comes this: People hawking password-cracking software are targeting the hardware used in industrial-control facilities with malicious code that makes their systems part of a botnet, a researcher reported. Lost passwords happen in many organizations. A programmable logic controller—used to automate processes inside factories, electric plants, and other industrial settings, for example, may be set up and largely forgotten over the following years. When a replacement engineer […] Click here to view original web page at arstechnica.com