January 19th, 2018 By Rene Millman
Schneider Electric accidentally puts malware online that could shut down power plants. Nation state authored malware has been mistakenly put online that could enable hackers to compromise safety systems at power plants.
Nation state authored malware has been mistakenly put online that could enable hackers to compromise safety systems at power plants.
According to reports by Cyberscoop, it is claimed that multinational energy technology company Schneider Electric posted a file containing malware to VirusTotal.
The report said that Schneider Electric obtained the file in question, titled “Library.zip,” while gathering evidence on a data breach in the Middle East. The file contains the malware called Trisis or Triton. It is believed that the malware has already been used to shut down an an oil and gas facility in the Middle East last December.
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