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Re: [Full-Disclosure] Reuters: Power Outage Not Internet Worm-Related
- To: "Jason Sloderbeck" <ops-lists@positivenetworks.net>, full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com
- Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Reuters: Power Outage Not Internet Worm-Related
- From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 14:23:36 -0400
At 01:47 PM 18/08/2003 -0400, Jason Sloderbeck wrote:
>"it is 'highly unlikely' that the process control computers behind
>critical infrastructure like power in the United States would run on the
>Windows operating system."
<begin PURE SPECULATION>
One way it might be related is if the "alarms that were ignored" were
supposed to be displayed on a windows workstation which was then taken out
by the worm.
</end PURE SPECULATION>
---Mike
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