The industrial 4.0 intelligence wave robot is a target for hackers

Source：Updated：2017-05-12 08:37:54

According to estimates, the global factory to 2018 will have about 1.3 million sets of various industrial robot distribution industry, a symbol of the "4.0" industrial automation intelligent factory revolution arisen, with wisdom attachment grew large number of industrial robot, network hacker attack probability will increase gradually. 
Information and know the trend of science and technology, said the company still has a lot of industrial robots, still use the old operating system full of holes and the library, the team also found that more than 80000 units worldwide, industrial robot, the lack of perfect network protection, there are 5000 units without security authentication mechanism, is directly to the hacker opened the door. 
External software or device, can through the website service HTTP requests communicate with industrial robots, and some industrial robots can even directly via the Internet connection, and can be through the anonymous login to free manipulation; There are also robot app stores on the Internet, which can be controlled by smartphones. 
Trend of emphasis on science and technology, industrial robots play a more and more important role in manufacturing, therefore has gradually become the network crime and national hacker groups of target, an operating to paralysis, one for the money. This report details five possible attack scenarios. 
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How the trend of science and technology information threat research report "hacker intrusion wisdom today factory industrial robots", for the first time depth disclosure hacked industrial robot technique. (photo/public relations firm) 
From the most basic manipulation and disrupt production process, the paralysis of the entire production line, to interest oriented to steal factory confidential or implanted blackmail virus to extort money, finally, moreover also may cause serious personal injury to operators.