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German nuclear plant infected with computer viruses, operator says
A nuclear power plant in Germany has been found to be infected with computer viruses, but they appear not to have posed a threat to the facility's operations because it is isolated from the Internet, the station's operator said on Tuesday. The Gundremmingen plant, located about 120 km (75 miles) northwest of Munich, is run by the German utility RWE. The viruses, which include "W32.Ramnit" and "Conficker", were discovered at Gundremmingen's...
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Both viruses were pretty old, W32.Ramnit - 2010 and Conficker - 2008. The latter was also a pretty wellknown virus, I might add, causing one of the biggest outbreaks ever, infecting computers in over 190 countries.
It says something about the way IT-security is handled at that nuclear plant.
Hint to security "experts" in nuclear powerplants around the globe: Linux. ;-)