[Comm] [JT] Fwd: Blaster / Power Outage Follow up

[Comm] [JT] Fwd: Blaster / Power Outage Follow up

[Michael Shigorin]

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----- Forwarded message from Geoff Shively <gshively@pivx.com> -----

Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 17:31:34 -0700
From: "Geoff Shively" <gshively@pivx.com>
To: <bugtraq@securityfocus.com>
Subject: Blaster / Power Outage Follow up

As suggested the day of the blackout, SCADA / DCS security was
a primary factor in the blackouts.

 --MSBlast's Effect on the Blackout
(29 August 2003)
The MSBlast worm apparently slowed some communications lines that
connect data centers used to manage the power grid, abetting the
"cascading effect" of the blackout that hit the north-east, mid-west
and parts of Canada last month.  The worm didn't harm the systems, but
did slow down the speed at which networks communicated.  A Bush
administration advisor said that the worm also "hampered efforts to ...
restore power in a timely manner."
http://www.computerworld.com/printthis/2003/0,4814,84510,00.html

Correct after all, this is the second admission of blaster
affecting the power systems, one from the Bush administration and one
from First Energy.

Cheers,

Geoff Shively, CHO
PivX Solutions, LLC

http://www.pivx.com


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Re: [Comm] [JT] Fwd: Blaster / Power Outage Follow up

[TaZZ]

On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 07:58:33PM +0300, Michael Shigorin wrote:
 
>  --MSBlast's Effect on the Blackout
> (29 August 2003)
> The MSBlast worm apparently slowed some communications lines that
> connect data centers used to manage the power grid, abetting the
> "cascading effect" of the blackout that hit the north-east, mid-west
> and parts of Canada last month.  The worm didn't harm the systems, but
> did slow down the speed at which networks communicated.  A Bush
> administration advisor said that the worm also "hampered efforts to ...
> restore power in a timely manner."
> http://www.computerworld.com/printthis/2003/0,4814,84510,00.html
> 
> Correct after all, this is the second admission of blaster
> affecting the power systems, one from the Bush administration and one
> from First Energy.

А причем тут мы, счастливые обладатели линукса? :)
Я про ентот бластер слышал, что он в М$ и то, токо под ХРюнделем и 2000
пашет... :)

Best regards,
---------TaZZ---------
E-Mail: taw88@mail.ru
ICQ: 201045832
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Re: [Comm] [JT] Fwd: Blaster / Power Outage Follow up

[Pyatnitskich Evgeniy]

On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 07:58:33PM +0300, Michael Shigorin wrote:
>  --MSBlast's Effect on the Blackout
> (29 August 2003)
> The MSBlast worm apparently slowed some communications lines that
> connect data centers used to manage the power grid, abetting the
> "cascading effect" of the blackout that hit the north-east, mid-west
> and parts of Canada last month.  The worm didn't harm the systems, but
> did slow down the speed at which networks communicated.  A Bush
> administration advisor said that the worm also "hampered efforts to ...
> restore power in a timely manner."
> http://www.computerworld.com/printthis/2003/0,4814,84510,00.html
> 
> Correct after all, this is the second admission of blaster
> affecting the power systems, one from the Bush administration and one
> from First Energy.

Неужели компьютеры, управляющие электроэнергией в Канаде,
cидят под ОС Windows 2000/XP ? :))

-- 
      ---Regards, P.E.M. <pem@nm.ru>---

Re: [Comm] [JT] Fwd: Blaster / Power Outage Follow up

[Michael Shigorin]

On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 07:41:59PM +0700, Pyatnitskich Evgeniy wrote:
> Неужели компьютеры, управляющие электроэнергией в Канаде,
> cидят под ОС Windows 2000/XP ? :))

Мониторинг (SCADA) -- в основном да.

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