Raheem Beyah and David Formby, David Formby (IMAGE)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Raheem Beyah and David Formby, David Formby

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Georgia Tech researchers have developed a new form of ransomware that can take over control of a simulated water treatment plant. The simulated attack was designed to highlight vulnerabilities in the control systems used to operate industrial facilities. Shown are (left) Raheem Beyah, associate chair in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and David Formby, a Georgia Tech Ph.D. student.

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Credit: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech

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