RISI

RISI Online Incident Database

313 incidents affecting industrial control, SCADA, and process automation systems.

Title Year Industry Country
Foreign actors breach two Colorado water utilities, alter pumping cycles and disable alarms 2026 Water and Wastewater Systems United States
Fairlife LLC (Coca-Cola) ransomware attack halts all US dairy production 2026 Food and Beverage United States
Danfoss refrigeration controllers hijacked at hundreds of French supermarkets, forcing continuous defrost and mass food loss 2026 Food and Beverage France
Iran-linked CyberAv3ngers multi-sector PLC disruption campaign against US critical infrastructure 2026 Water and Wastewater Systems United States
Suspected Iran-linked breach of automatic tank gauge (ATG) systems at US gas stations 2026 Petroleum United States
Mackay Sugar Gentlemen ransomware attack, Australia 2026 Food and Beverage Australia
Coordinated Rockwell MicroLogix PLC attacks disable 30-plus Minnesota community water systems 2026 Water and Wastewater Systems United States
Minot, North Dakota water treatment plant ransomware 2026 Water and Wastewater Systems United States
Stryker Corporation — Iran-linked Handala Microsoft Intune wiper attack 2026 Manufacturing United States
Suspected Iran-linked cyberattack shuts down UK power generator for four days 2026 Power and Utilities United Kingdom
Hacktivist tampering with internet-exposed ICS at Canadian water, oil and gas, and grain facilities 2025 Other Canada
Polish ABW report confirms ICS breaches at five water treatment plants 2025 Water and Wastewater Systems Poland
Poland distributed energy wiper attack — Sandworm / ELECTRUM 2025 Power and Utilities Poland
Lotus Wiper targeting of Venezuela energy sector and suspected link to PDVSA cyberattack 2025 Petroleum Venezuela
GRU-backed Z-Pentest cyberattack on Tureby Alkestrup Waterworks: pipe bursts and water outages in Køge, Denmark 2024 Water and Wastewater Systems Denmark
Halliburton RansomHub ransomware 2024 Petroleum United States
GRU-backed CARR cyberattack on Los Angeles meat processing facility — ammonia leak and mass food spoilage 2024 Food and Beverage United States
Muleshoe Texas water tank overflow (Sandworm-linked CARR) 2024 Water and Wastewater Systems United States
Aliquippa Pennsylvania water authority CyberAv3ngers Unitronics PLC compromise 2023 Water and Wastewater Systems United States
Kyivstar Sandworm wiper attack 2023 Communications Ukraine
Volt Typhoon intrusion into Littleton Electric Light and Water Departments OT network 2023 Power and Utilities United States
MKS Instruments ransomware 2023 Manufacturing United States
Iran steel mills cyberattack (Predatory Sparrow) 2022 Metals Iran
Toyota Kojima Industries supply-chain cyberattack 2022 Manufacturing Japan
Industroyer2 attack on Ukrainian power substation 2022 Power and Utilities Ukraine
Viasat KA-SAT AcidRain wiper attack 2022 Communications Ukraine, Germany, France, Italy
Colonial Pipeline DarkSide ransomware 2021 Petroleum United States
Iran fuel stations cyberattack (Predatory Sparrow) 2021 Petroleum Iran
JBS Foods REvil ransomware 2021 Food and Beverage United States
Americold cyber attack 2020 Transportation United States
Brno hospital cyber attack 2020 Pharmaceutical Czech Republic
Honda EKANS ransomware attack 2020 Automotive Japan
Cyber attack on Israels water system 2020 Water/Waste Water Israel
Lion Brewery ransomware attack 2020 Food & Beverage Australia
Natural gas compression facility ransomware 2020 Petroleum United States
Port Shahid Rajaee cyber attack 2020 Transportation Iran
US coast guard Ryuk attack 2020 Transportation United States
Ransomware hits Johannesburg electricity supply 2019 Power and Utilities South Africa
Norsk Hydro ransomware 2019 Metals Norway
Riviera Beach Water Utility ransomware 2019 Water/Waste Water United States
Cyber attack on U.S. Power grid networks 2019 Power and Utilities United States
COSCO ransomware attack 2018 Transportation China
Unrecognised virus in an ECDIS delays sailing 2018 Transportation Unknown
Crypto miner European water utility company 2018 Water/Waste Water Europe
Onslow Water and Sewer Authority 2018 Water/Waste Water United States
Main application server infected by ransomware 2018 Transportation Unknown
Dragonfly 2.0 attacks 2017 Power and Utilities Multiple
Gaza Cybergang attacks Oil and Gas facilities 2017 Petroleum Multiple
Maersk NotPetya attack 2017 Transportation Multiple
TRITON attack on Saudi Arabian petrochemical plant 2017 Petroleum Saudi Arabia
Clark County water hack 2016 Water/Waste Water United States
Drinking water utility cellular routers hacked 2016 Water/Waste Water United States
Industroyer/CRASHOVERRIDE Ukraine 2016 Power and Utilities Ukraine
Israeli Power Grid Massive cyber attack 2016 Power and Utilities Israel
Kemuri Water Company 2016 Water/Waste Water United States
Return of Shamoon 2016 Petroleum Saudi Arabia
Suspicous network traffic data undisclosed location 2016 Water/Waste Water United States
Goatse image on billboards in Atlanta 2015 Transportation United States
Ukraine BlackEnergy 3 power grid attack 2015 Power and Utilities Ukraine
After ‘Godzilla Attack!’ U.S. warns about traffic-sign hackers 2014 Transportation United States
German Steel Mill Cyber Attack 2014 Metals Germany
Control systems device remotely accessed by threat actor 2014 Unknown United States
Public utility compromised after brute-force hack attack, says Homeland Security 2014 Power and Utilities United States
Russian-Based Dragonfly Group Attacks Energy Industry 2014 Power and Utilities United States
TGB water station hacks 2014 Water/Waste Water United States
U-2 spy plane caused widespread shutdown of U.S. flights: report 2014 Transportation United States
Chinese citizen sentenced in military data-theft case 2013 Other United States
Irainian cyber attack on new york dam 2013 Water/Waste Water United States
Israeli tunnel hit by cyber attack 2013 Transportation Israel
Hyundai Merchant Marine Kimsuky APT attack 2013 Transportation South Korea
Cyber attack Port of antwerp 2013 Transportation Belgium
Signal problems cause train delays 2013 Transportation United States
Virus shuts down county highway department network 2013 Transportation United States
Aramco hit by Shamoon 2012 Petroleum Saudi Arabia
Auto Manufacturer Hacked 2012 Automotive United States
Cascade of Computer Crashes Causes Metro System Shutdown 2012 Transportation United States
Computer Glitch Causes Roller Coaster Malfunction 2012 Other United States
Computer Glitch Causes shutdown of 2 Amusement Park Rides 2012 Other United States
Computer Glitch Leads to Shutdown of Nuclear Reactor 2012 Power and Utilities United States
Computer Glitch Stops Trains 2012 Transportation The Philippines
Computer Malfunction Blamed for Major Sewage Spill 2012 Water/Waste Water United States
Computer Malfunction Causes Train Delays 2012 Transportation United States
Computer Virus Targets Saudi Arabian Oil Company 2012 Petroleum Saudi Arabia
Flame attack on Iranian oil ministry 2012 Petroleum Iran
Gas Company Virus Infection 2012 Petroleum —
Industrial Control System Hacked Using Backdoor Posted Online 2012 Other United States
Iranian Oil Terminal offline after malware attack 2012 Petroleum Iran
Process Control Network Infected with a Virus 2012 Petroleum —
Shamoon virus knocks out computers at Qatari gas firm RasGas 2012 Petroleum Qatar
Software Manufacturing Company Firewall Breach 2012 General Manufacturing Canada
Toyota contractor information theft 2012 Automotive United States
Trains Shut Down Due to Computer Malfunction 2012 Transportation United States
U. S. Electric Utility Virus Infection 2012 Power and Utilities United States
U. S. Power Plant Infected With Malware 2012 Power and Utilities United States
Wastewater Treatment District Hacked 2012 Water/Waste Water United States
Circuit card shuts down nuclear plant 2011 Power and Utilities United States
Computer glitch blamed for train signalling failure 2011 Transportation Australia
Computer glitch causes BART train service shutdown 2011 Transportation United States
Computer glitch causes delayed and canceled flights 2011 Transportation United States
Computer Glitch Causes Ride Shutdown 2011 Transportation United States
Computer Glitch Causes Shutdown of Airport People Mover 2011 Transportation United States
Computer Glitch Prevents Return of Gas Service 2011 Petroleum Israel
Control system failure caused phosphine leak 2011 Chemical India
Control system failure causes bridge delays 2011 Transportation Guyana
Emergency flight landing caused by computer glitch 2011 Transportation United States
Faulty Signaling Software Causes Train Delays 2011 Transportation United Kingdom
Hacker froze operations at pharmaceutical company 2011 Pharmaceutical United States
Malware a Factor in Spanair Plane Crash 2011 Transportation Spain
Malware Shuts Down Hospital 2011 Other United States
Night dragon attacks 2011 Petroleum Multiple
South Houston Water Treatment Plant Hack 2011 Water/Waste Water United States
Steel plant infected with Conficker 2011 Metals —
Water Utility Hack Destroys Pump 2011 Water/Waste Water United States
Computer Glitch Causes Monongahela Incline Shut Down 2010 Transportation United States
Computer Glitch Causes Water Outage 2010 Water/Waste Water United States
Control system failure causes shutdown of liquified natural gas terminal 2010 Power and Utilities United States
Cyber Attack on Texas Electricity Provider 2010 Power and Utilities United States
Disgruntled Employee Remotely Disables Cars using the Webtech Plus System 2010 Automotive United States
Faulty Train Signal Sends Train on Collision Course 2010 Transportation United Kingdom
Gas Leak Caused by Computer Malfunction 2010 Power and Utilities United States
Malware Shuts Down Milling Factory 2010 General Manufacturing Iran
Malware Targets Uranium Enrichment Facility 2010 Power and Utilities Iran
Power Failure Leads to Sewage Spill in Washington 2010 Water/Waste Water United States
San Bruno Pipeline Explosion 2010 Power and Utilities United States
SCADA Water System Fails 2010 Water/Waste Water United States
SCADAlalarm & PCAnywhere compatibility 2010 Power and Utilities United States
Trans-Alaska pipeline spill 2010 Petroleum United States
Water plant shut down by computer glitch 2010 Water/Waste Water United States
Computer Failure Causes Jet Crash 2009 Transportation France
Computer Error Causes Flight Delays 2009 Transportation United States
Computer glitch caused plane’s altitude to drop 2009 Transportation Australia
Computer Glitch Causes 7 Water Mains to Break 2009 Water/Waste Water United States
Computer Glitch Causes Sewage Spill 2009 Water/Waste Water United States
Computer Glitch Floods Neighborhood 2009 Water/Waste Water United States
Computer Virus Strikes Two Scottish Hospitals 2009 Other United Kingdom
Energy Company Virus Attack 2009 Power and Utilities Australia
Environmental Southland Target of Cyber Vandals 2009 Other New Zealand
Faulty Software Causes Torrens Lake Drain 2009 Water/Waste Water Australia
Faulty Water Level Alarm Cause of Sewage Spill 2009 Water/Waste Water United States
Flood Warning System Failure Causes Flooding 2009 Water/Waste Water United Kingdom
Hospital HVAC Hack 2009 Other United States
Lightning Strikes Cause Sewage Pump Station Overflow 2009 Water/Waste Water United States
Dow Chemical company Operation Aurora 2009 Chemical United States
Paperless Chart Recorder Software Hacked 2009 Unknown United Kingdom
PC_SALITY.EN Virus Infects DCS Servers and Historians 2009 Chemical South Africa
Puget Sound Sewage Spill 2009 Water/Waste Water United States
Refinery Explosion and Fire Caused by Non-Functioning Computerized Level Monitoring System 2009 Petroleum United States
Texas Power Company Hack 2009 Power and Utilities United States
Texas Road Sign Hack 2009 Transportation United States
Washington DC Metro Accident 2009 Transportation United States
Wastewater pumped into Jones Falls 2009 Water/Waste Water United States
Wrong Signal Shuts Down Cooling Systems 2009 Power and Utilities United States
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline explosion 2008 Petroleum Turkey
Blackout in Florida 2008 Power and Utilities United States
Car Manufacturer Infected with Computer Virus 2008 Automotive Japan
Chemical Plant Explosion 2008 Chemical United States
Computer Glitch Causes Airplane Plunge 2008 Transportation Australia
Computer Problems Causes Flight Delays 2008 Transportation United States
Computer Virus Infects Three London Hospitals 2008 Other United Kingdom
Failed Sensor on Wind Turbine Caused Shower of Ice Shards 2008 Power and Utilities United Kingdom
Georgia Nuclear Power Plant Shutdown 2008 Power and Utilities United States
Hacker Activates Emergency Sirens 2008 Other United States
Hacker Disabled Offshore Oil Platforms 2008 Petroleum United States
Limerick Nuclear Reactor 1 Shut Down 2008 Power and Utilities United States
SCADA System Collapse Leads to Tunnel Closure 2008 Transportation Ireland
SCADA System Failure Causes Shut down of Dublin Port Tunnel 2008 Transportation Ireland
Schoolboy Hacks into Polish Tram System 2008 Transportation Poland
Steel Plant infection with Ahack Worm 2008 Metals Brazil
Tunnel Shutdown after Fault in Control System 2008 Transportation Australia
California Canal System Hack 2007 Water/Waste Water United States
Switch Malfunction Causes Sewage Spill 2007 Water/Waste Water United States
Automated Antiaircraft Cannon Malfunctions, Kills 9, Wounds 14 2007 Other South Africa
Computer Glitch Causes Major Power Outage 2007 Power and Utilities United States
Computer Glitch Causes Overflowing Water Tower 2007 Water/Waste Water United States
Energy Company Exposed to Hackers by a Phishing Attack 2007 Power and Utilities Unknown
Former System Administrator Sentenced for Wrecking Corporate Servers 2007 General Manufacturing United States
SCADA Communictions Problems Cause Breakdown in Water Supply 2007 Water/Waste Water United States
Sewage Spill Shuts Down a Cornish Shellfishery 2007 Water/Waste Water United Kingdom
Software failure contributes to rail car fire 2007 Transportation United States
Server Out of Memory 2006 Other Italy
Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Scrammed (Shut Down) 2006 Power and Utilities United States
Cancer Treatment Delayed by Virus 2006 Other United Kingdom
Engineers Hack into Los Angeles Traffic Signal Computer 2006 Transportation United States
Pennsylvania Water Company Hack 2006 Water/Waste Water United States
Power Network Survives Virus Attack 2006 Power and Utilities India
Power Plant Security Information Leaked Onto Internet 2006 Power and Utilities Japan
Remote Software Upgrade Causes Loss of Control & View 2006 Transportation United Kingdom
Trojan Found on SCADA Server 2006 General Manufacturing Russia
Software Vendor Patch Crashes SCADA System 2005 Food & Beverage United Kingdom
Partial Loss of PLC Program 2005 Food & Beverage United Kingdom
Attempted Cover-Up of Sewage Spillage 2005 Water/Waste Water Australia
E-Tag Incident 2005 Power and Utilities United States
Errant AntiVirus Definition Brings Down Railway LANs 2005 Transportation Japan
Offsite Fiber Cable Cut Causes Loss of Communications 2005 Power and Utilities United States
Ping Sweep Caused DOS on PCN Firewall 2005 Petroleum United Kingdom
PLC Crash In Food Plant 2005 Food & Beverage United States
Routine Audit of SCADA Laptop Identifies Virus 2005 Water/Waste Water Australia
Taum Sauk Water Storage Dam Failure 2005 Power and Utilities United States
Zotob, PnP Worms Hit 13 Automotive Manufacturing Plants 2005 Automotive United States
Infected Laptop Infects SCADA Network 2004 Food & Beverage United Kingdom
Loss of Network Traffic on PCN 2004 Food & Beverage United States
Sasser Infection from the Enterprise Network 2004 Other Unknown
Air Traffic Radar System in Palmdale California Crashes 2004 Transportation United States
Backdoor Trojan Attack on Manufacturing Lab 2004 Electronic Manufacturing Unknown
Blockage of 12 Out Of 13 PLC Systems 2004 Other Switzerland
Coors Brewing Shutdown 2004 Food & Beverage United States
Exel Transportation services hack 2004 Transportation United States
Instability of the OSI Layer-2 Bridging 2004 Other Switzerland
Korgo Worm Infects 20 Workstations 2004 Unknown Unknown
Sasser Worm Causes Loss of View in Chemicals Plant 2004 Chemical United States
Sasser Worm Hits British Airways 2004 Transportation United Kingdom
Sasser Worm Infection in Process Control System. 2004 Petroleum United Kingdom
SCADA Workstation Infected by W32/Korgo Worm 2004 Power and Utilities United States
Spybot Infection 2004 Unknown Unknown
Theft of Relay Programming Laptops 2004 Power and Utilities United States
Trojan Backdoor on Water SCADA System 2004 Water/Waste Water Canada
Two Viruses Cause Near Miss With Process Control Networks (PCN) in Africa 2004 Petroleum Chad
UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency Hit by Sasser Worm 2004 Other United Kingdom
Unauthorized Connection Permits Sasser Infection 2004 Unknown Unknown
Virus Impacts Paper Machine HMI 2004 Pulp and Paper United States
Weekly Connection Loss to PLCs 2004 Other Switzerland
Worm attack on Drilling Control system 2004 Petroleum United Kingdom
11 Ethernet PLCs Fail At Once 2003 Metals United States
Baseline Audit Uncovers Virus in Water Control System 2003 Water/Waste Water Australia
Blaster Impacts HMI Stations in Smelter 2003 Metals Canada
Blaster Infects Onshore Oil Production Control System 2003 Petroleum United States
Blaster Worm Infects Chemical Plant 2003 Chemical United Kingdom
Change of Network Service Stopped OSI Layer-2 Communication 2003 Other Switzerland
Computer Error Grounds Japanese Flights 2003 Transportation Japan
Contractor Accidentally Connects to Remote PLC 2003 Chemical United States
Control System Infected with SQLslammer Worm 2003 Petroleum Unknown
Date Triggered Code Found on PLC 2003 Unknown Unknown
Ethernet Network Storm Zaps Multiple PLC5’s 2003 Pharmaceutical United States
Infected New HMI Infects Chemical Plant DCS 2003 Chemical Europe
Iranian Hackers Attempt to Disrupt Israel Power System 2003 Power and Utilities Israel
London August 2003 Power Blackout 2003 Power and Utilities United Kingdom
MUMU Infection of Fiscal Metering System 2003 Petroleum United Kingdom
MUMU Infection of Operator Training System 2003 Petroleum United States
MUMU Infection of Leak Detection System 2003 Petroleum United Kingdom
Nacchi Virus Infects Air Canada Check-In System 2003 Transportation Canada
Nachi Worm on Advanced Process Control Servers 2003 Chemical France
Paper Company Control System Hit By Blaster 2003 Pulp and Paper United States
Power Industry Slammer #1 2003 Power and Utilities United States
Power Industry Slammer #2 2003 Power and Utilities United States
Proposed Hack of UK Water Systems 2003 Water/Waste Water United Kingdom
SCADA/EMS Alarm System Failure Contributes to Blackout 2003 Power and Utilities United States
Single PLC Lost For Unknown Reason 2003 General Manufacturing United States
Slammer Impact on Ohio Nuclear Plant 2003 Power and Utilities United States
Slammer Impacts Offshore Platforms 2003 Petroleum United States
Slammer Infected Laptop Shuts Down DCS 2003 Petroleum United Kingdom
Sobig Virus Strikes CSX Train Signalling System 2003 Transportation United States
Slammer Worm Hits Major US Auto Manufacturer 2003 Automotive United States
SQL Slammer Impacts Drill Site 2003 Petroleum United States
Telco Shuts Off Critical SCADA Comms 2003 Petroleum Canada
Virus Attacks a European Utility 2003 Power and Utilities Europe
Virus Shuts Down AC Jazz Airline Flight Planning Computer 2003 Transportation Canada
Virus/Worm Infects New Oil Platform 2003 Petroleum Norway
Welchia Worm Infects Automation Network 2003 Petroleum United States
Electronic Sabatoge of Venezuela Oil Operations 2002 Petroleum Venezuela
Hacker Changes Chemical Plant Set Points via Modem 2002 Chemical Canada
Hackers Crash Controller via Web Service 2002 Electronic Manufacturing United Kingdom
Hackers gain unauthorized access to a modular hybrid controller 2002 Unknown Unknown
IP Address Change Shuts Down Chemical Plant 2002 Chemical United States
Malformed Packet Causes PLC Crash 2002 Unknown United States
Penetration Test Locks-Up Gas Utility SCADA System 2002 Other Unknown
Reverse Osmosis System PLC Attacked 2002 Electronic Manufacturing United States
Runaway Remote Control Train 2002 Transportation United States
Ski Gondola Worker Shutdown Control System 2002 Transportation United States
Software Bug Blamed in Radioactive Spill 2002 Mining Australia
UK Air Traffic Control Computers Fail 2002 Transportation United Kingdom
Virus Infection of Operator Training Simulator 2002 Petroleum Canada
Whitehat Takeover of DCS Consoles 2002 Petroleum Canada
Windows Compiler Causes PLC Code to Crash PLC 2001 Food & Beverage United Kingdom
Anti-Virus Software Prevents Boiler Safety Shutdown 2001 Petroleum United States
Code Red Worm Defaces Automation Web Pages 2001 Petroleum United States
DoS Attack Shuts Down Port of Houston 2001 Transportation United States
Electronic Sabotage of Petroleum Company’s Gas Processing Plant 2001 Petroleum United States
Hackers Target Cal - ISO System 2001 Power and Utilities United States
Nimda Impact on Manufacturing System 2001 Food & Beverage United States
SCADA Attack on Production Plant of Global Chemical Company 2001 Chemical Unknown
Utility SCADA System Attacked 2001 Power and Utilities United States
Accidental Remote Control 2000 General Manufacturing Sweden
Accidental Remote Uploading of PLC Program 2000 Petroleum Canada
Ethernet Storm Wipes PLC’s Processor Memory 2000 Unknown Australia
Maroochy Shire Sewage Spill 2000 Water/Waste Water Australia
Virus Infection On DCS 1999 Food & Beverage United Kingdom
Hacker Takes Over Russian Gas System 1999 Petroleum Russian Federation
Navy Radar Shuts Down SCADA Systems 1999 Water/Waste Water United States
Olympic Pipeline Rupture and Subsequent Fire 1999 Petroleum United States
Power Outages and Other Service Interruptions 1999 Power and Utilities United States
Y2K Test Crashes Reactor Computer 1999 Power and Utilities United States
Ping Sweep Causes PCS System to Hang 1998 Other Unknown
Computer Flaw Makes Water Undrinkable 1998 Water/Waste Water United States
DCS Console Reprogramming Causes Gateway Fault 1998 Pulp and Paper Canada
Hackers Attack NZ & Aust for Joining Gulf Taskforce 1998 Power and Utilities New Zealand
Ping Sweep Causes Inappropriate Control of a 9 Foot Robotic Arm 1998 Other Unknown
New Serial Communications Line Disrupts Network 1997 Food & Beverage United Kingdom
Wrong Code Downloaded to PLC Causes Plant to Shutdown 1997 Food & Beverage United Kingdom
Broadcast Storm Shuts Down DCS Consoles 1997 Pulp and Paper Canada
Korean Air Line B747 CFIT Accident in Guam 1997 Transportation Guam
Worcester Air Traffic Communications System Hack 1997 Transportation United States
Duplicate IP Address Prevents Machine Startup 1996 Pulp and Paper Canada
Omega Engineering Sabotage 1996 Electronic Manufacturing United States
Oakland Air-Traffic Control Center Outage 1995 Transportation United States
PLCs Crashed by IT Audit 1995 Food & Beverage United States
Computer Software Faults May Have Caused Chinook Helicopter Crash 1994 Transportation United Kingdom
Salt River Project Hack 1994 Power and Utilities United States
Computer Sabotage at Nuclear Power Plant 1992 Power and Utilities Lithuania
Computer Error at Sellafield Nuclear Plant in UK 1991 Power and Utilities United Kingdom
Oil Company SCADA System Impacted by RF Interference 1989 Petroleum United States
PLC Password Change 1988 Pulp and Paper Canada
Union Carbide Chemical Leak West Virginia 1985 Chemical United States
CIA Trojan Causes Siberian Gas Pipeline Explosion 1982 Petroleum Russian Federation