Firewalls and Airgaps and Why Not To Confuse The Two

Firewalls and Airgaps and Why Not To Confuse The Two

“Failures accumulated in individual control components or entire systems,” the report notes. As a result, the plant was “unable to shut down a blast furnace in a regulated manner” which resulted in “massive damage to the system.”

The attack marks only the second confirmed incident in which a wholly digital hack created physical destruction of equipment.