ÜberDoober
04-10-2008, 09:52 AM
Just the tip of the iceberg! Wake up people! It's only a matter of time before things go terribly wrong. :eek:
Industrial Control Systems Killed Once and Will Again, Experts Warn
On June 10th, 1999 a 16-inch diameter steel pipeline operated by the now-defunct Olympic Pipeline Co. ruptured near Bellingham, Washington, flooding two local creeks with 237,000 gallons of gasoline. The gas ignited into a mile-and-a-half river of fire that claimed the lives of two 10-year-old boys and an 18-year-old man, and injured eight others.
Wednesday, computer-security experts who recently re-examined the Bellingham incident called its victims the first verified human causalities of a control-system computer incident. They argue that government cybersecurity standards currently under debate might have prevented the tragedy.
Full story: EXTERNAL LINK (http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/industrial-cont.html)
Industrial Control Systems Killed Once and Will Again, Experts Warn
On June 10th, 1999 a 16-inch diameter steel pipeline operated by the now-defunct Olympic Pipeline Co. ruptured near Bellingham, Washington, flooding two local creeks with 237,000 gallons of gasoline. The gas ignited into a mile-and-a-half river of fire that claimed the lives of two 10-year-old boys and an 18-year-old man, and injured eight others.
Wednesday, computer-security experts who recently re-examined the Bellingham incident called its victims the first verified human causalities of a control-system computer incident. They argue that government cybersecurity standards currently under debate might have prevented the tragedy.
Full story: EXTERNAL LINK (http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/industrial-cont.html)