SCADA Internet Exposure 2013 - Industrial Control Systems Research

On December 5, 2013, the German portal InformationSecurityGroup.de published an article dedicated to the “SCADA Internet Exposure 2013” project, pioneering research on the vulnerabilities of industrial control systems (ICS/SCADA) exposed on the Internet. The project was carried out by Francesco Ongaro and Gianluca Gefahren of ISGroup SRL, at the request of journalist Florian Imbach from the Sonntagszeitung newspaper. The research analyzed data from engines like Google and Shodan, highlighting that over half a million ICS devices were publicly accessible and at risk. In particular, Switzerland was among the most exposed countries. Ongaro’s work contributed to the creation of the first observational platform of this type, with the objective of raising awareness in the international community about critical infrastructure security.