, SecurityFocus 2007-05-18
The U.S. House of Representative's Committee on Homeland Security called this week for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to further investigate the cause of excessive network traffic that shut down an Alabama nuclear plant.
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"Data storm" blamed for nuclear-plant shutdown
2007-05-20
Anonymous (1 replies)
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"Data storm" blamed for nuclear-plant shutdown
2007-05-22
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However, modern US "reactor protection systems", which do not reside on the Ethernet, would prevent even an "intentional" attempt at meltdown. Worst case of a cyber attack on the plants I have looked at would result in the plant tripping, i.e. shutting down as described in the article above.
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