[ale] [OT]USB Storage Drive Loaded With Malware Shuts Down Power Plant

[Sergio Chaves]

http://www.eweek.com/security/usb-storage-drive-loaded-with-malware-shuts-down-power-plant/?kc=EWKNLNAV01182013STR1

Sometimes you just gotta say, WTF???

"US-CERT, which is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
declined to identify which power plant was affected, and did not say
whether the facility was operating on nuclear or conventional power.
Industrial control systems frequently use Windows-based computers to
run their specialized software, but they rarely run antivirus software
because these computers aren’t connected to outside networks. However,
using a USB drive to perform updates is common on these systems."
"US-CERT, which is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
declined to identify which power plant was affected, and did not say
whether the facility was operating on nuclear or conventional power.
Industrial control systems frequently use Windows-based computers to
run their specialized software, but they rarely run antivirus software
because these computers aren’t connected to outside networks. However,
using a USB drive to perform updates is common on these systems."