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Blaster Infects Onshore Oil Production Control System

Event Year
2003
Reliability
Confirmed
Country
United States
Industry
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.