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We have to be more concerned about the things that are not reported. And why is it even technically possible to infect the control system of a power plant at al
by cm3 11y ago
We have to be more concerned about the things that are not reported. And why is it even technically possible to infect the control system of a power plant at all, or was this just a virus in some auxilliary sytem like, say, the machines only connected to another network, totally decoupled from the control system? Without details, this is just fear mongering on the heels of recent media outbreak regarding Belgian reactors.
- snowwindwaves 11y agoThe article said the virus was on "a computer system retrofitted in 2008 with data visualization software associated with equipment for moving nuclear fuel rods". Control systems generally have two components; the actual controllers that interface with the machine or equipment and then an HMI for the operator to interface with the controller (ignoring completely hard wired systems consisting of lights, buttons, chart recorders, etc). The majority of the HMI software runs on windows. Once an attacker is on the HMI system they can probably easily do anything the operator can do, and possibly have full access to the controller and make things happen that Should Never Happen.