Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Testbed Vulnerabilities and Attacks

Abstract

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems have been in use for many years. They are used to remotely monitor and control Industrial Control Systems (ICS) such as gas pipelines, power plants, train systems, and water treatment plants. In recent years, SCADA systems have been targets of malicious cyber-attacks. The standard communication protocol used within many SCADA systems, Modbus TCP/IP, is not secure. In this paper, we conduct cyber-attacks on a pre-implemented SCADA Testbed which uses the Modbus TCP/IP protocol to show the possible effects on real-world SCADA systems.