U.S. Warns Energy Plants of Potential Sabotage by Newly Discovered Malware
The malware program manipulates equipment found in virtually all complex industrial plants rather than capitalizing on unknown flaws that can be easily fixed, so almost any plant could fall victim, experts say.
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U.S. officials have announced the discovery of an alarmingly sophisticated and effective system for attacking industrial facilities that include the ability to cause explosions in the energy industry, with private security experts saying the system — which they have dubbed Pipedream — was likely to be Russian, reports the Washington Post. Experts say the malware’s top target was probably liquefied natural gas production facilities, and that it would take months or years to develop strong defenses against it. The program manipulates equipment found in virtually all complex industrial plants rather than capitalizing on unknown flaws that can be easily fixed, so almost any plant could fall victim.
