U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

Thu Jul 8 15:13:24 UTC 2010

> I find it hard to understand that a nuclear power plant, air-traffic
> control network, or electrical grid would be 'linked' to the Internet
> in the interest of 'efficiency'.  

The Davis-Besse nuclear generating station computers were hit by the SQL
Slammer / Saphire worm back in 2003.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/08/20/slammer_worm_crashed_ohio_nuke/

The utility claims that there was never a risk, but take that with a
grain of salt since this is the same utility that conveniently managed
to overlook a hole the size of a book in the reactor head for several years.

Cheers,

Michael Holstein
Cleveland State University