U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies
Michael Holstein
michael.holstein at csuohio.edu
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
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