Search Engine Shodan Risks Industrial Control Systems

The history of Shodan illustrates how quickly the real world and cyberspace grow together, the newspaper notes. “Machines that millions of people rely on to work every day are vulnerable to invasions and cyber-siblings,” the publication emphasizes. Meanwhile, no one in the world is fully aware of the confusion and degree of interconnectedness of the virtual world.

Over the past two years, Shodan has collected data on almost 100 million devices: recorded exactly where they are, what software they use. There is a list on the search engine site: “Webcams, routers, power stations, iPhones, wind power stations, refrigerators, VoIP phones”.

via The Washington Post