Infected Laptop Infects SCADA Network
- Event Year
- 2004
- Reliability
- Likely But Unconfirmed
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
Description
A contracting company attached a laptop to a SCADA system running a pilot plant. After a while, the SCADA started exhibiting strange behaviours and upon investigation it was discovered that the server was infected. There was no anti-virus on the laptop and when it was scanned it was discovered it was infected by a large number of viruses.
Impact
The pilot plant had to be shutdown until the problem was resolved.