Stuxnet Worm Infected Industrial Control Systems 167
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Sooner Boomer writes "ComputerWorld has an article about the Stuxnet worm, which was apparently designed to steal industrial secrets and disrupt operations at industrial plants, according to Siemens. 'Stuxnet has infected systems in the UK, North America and Korea, however the largest number of infections, by far, have been in Iran. Once installed on a PC, Stuxnet uses Siemens' default passwords to seek out and try to gain access to systems that run the WinCC and PCS 7 programs — so-called PLC (programmable logic controller) programs that are used to manage large-scale industrial systems on factory floors and in military installations and chemical and power plants.' If the worm were to be used to disrupt systems at any of those locations, the results could be devastating."
Damn-you, skynet! (Score:5, Funny)
Seth
Re:Suxnet (Score:3, Funny)
Obvious American intelligence tool. Why is it in North American plants?
Because Major Carter found the worm, and last night she reformated all American PCs.
She's quite good, you know. I've seen it.
Re:Wow (Score:2, Funny)
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