Blaster Infects Onshore Oil Production Control System

Event Year: 2003 Reliability: Confirmed
Country: United States
Industry Type: Petroleum
Description:

This scada system that controls an onshore oil production system was infected by the blaster worm. This seemed to cause no impact to operations and was only noticed by IT security personnel who were trying to clear the corporate network of the worm infection.

Impact:

None.

Action Description: Patched machines.