[127660] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Holstein)
Thu Jul 8 11:15:06 2010
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:13:24 -0400
From: Michael Holstein <michael.holstein@csuohio.edu>
To: Michael Painter <tvhawaii@shaka.com>
In-Reply-To: <31DB73E599B24579BED1D0DA1C1DDB7C@DELL16>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> 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
