It will keep at home development and production of critical computer control systems, and much else.

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Perfect Citizen will look at large, typically older computer control systems that were often designed without Internet connectivity or security in mind.

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Because the program is still in the early stages, much remains to be worked out, such as which computer control systems will be monitored and how the data will be collected.

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From what researchers have exposed so far, Stuxnet was designed to control computer systems produced by the German engineering giant Siemens.

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For example, industrial control systems are largely computer controlled and they can be reached in some cases from the Internet.

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The sorts of computer systems it enters are those that control critical infrastructures like power plants, refineries and other industrial targets.

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Like most home protection systems, Scout offers remote control and monitoring via computer or mobile device, but the big draw here is its aesthetically pleasing equipment and simplified installation process.

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To complete the drilling without mishap, the rover's operators on Earth had to devise new procedures to solve a series of computer software problems that affected the craft's motor's control systems, said JPL drill-systems engineer Scott McCloskey.

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Hacking back across third party systems is more self help than self defense (rarely is the command and control computer linked directly to the system being attacked).

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