There is a really interesting story over on the Yahoo about a malware worm that was created to physically take over control rooms. Here is the link:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100921/ts_csm/327178
These two opening paragraphs should grab your interest.
Cyber security experts say they have identified the world’s first known cyber super weapon designed specifically to destroy a real-world target ? a factory, a refinery, or just maybe a nuclear power plant.
The cyber worm, called Stuxnet, has been the object of intense study since its detection in June. As more has become known about it, alarm about its capabilities and purpose have grown. Some top cyber security experts now say Stuxnet’s arrival heralds something blindingly new: a cyber weapon created to cross from the digital realm to the physical world ? to destroy something.
