Ping Sweep Causes PCS System to Hang
- Event Year
- 1998
- Reliability
- Confirmed
- Country
- Unknown
- Industry
- Other
Description
On a PCS network, a ping sweep was being performed to identify all hosts that were attached to the network, for inventory purposes, and it caused a system controlling the creation of integrated circuits in the fabrication plant to hang.
Impact
The destruction of $50K worth of wafers.