[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 ? :))

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