Sources: hacks of Saudi petro firms in 2017 intended to trigger an explosion via compromised Schneider Electric controllers deployed in ~18k plants worldwide (New York Times)

New York Times:
Sources: hacks of Saudi petro firms in 2017 intended to trigger an explosion via compromised Schneider Electric controllers deployed in ~18k plants worldwide  —  In August, a petrochemical company with a plant in Saudi Arabia was hit by a new kind of cyberassault.

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