IT has come to light that the suspect behind the talked-about hacking of the New York dam has been aided by a simple Google search technique to identify the vulnerable system.
According to people familiar with the federal case, the Iranian being charged for hacking the computer system controlling the New York dam used the process known as Google dorking.
The process can be performed by anyone who has a computer and Internet access along with a few special techniques, reports The Wall Street Journal. Federal authorities admit that the process has been increasingly used by today’s hackers to pinpoint vulnerabilities computers within the US have.
Prosecutors found that the Iranian suspect charged this Thursday, March 24, Hamid Firoozi, has found the Bowman Avenue Dam of Rye Brook New York in 2013 through the use of the technique, which, according to people briefed on the investigation, identifies an unprotected computer controlling the dam’s sluice gates and other functions. For the full article click here
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