U.S. Plans to Tighten Nuclear Power Plant Security

CDMA_Demo writes "The 103 nuclear reactors running in USA can voluntarily agree to follow a new 15 page update to a 1996 regulatory guide. The update notes possibility of "unauthorized, undesirable, and unsafe intrusions", and recommends measures aginst such activities. It also recommends such facilities to be cut off from external networks: "Remote access...[that may pose a potential security risk]...should not be implemented". The Slammer worm in 2001 managed to bring down the network at Ohio's David-Besse nuclear plant and concerns kept growing at the United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)."

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Re:RTFA, they are connected.

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Winblows born network congestion is also implicated in the huge 2003 power outage that killed people.

Really? Would you like to produce some proof of that, or are you just going through your "I hate M$" mantra"? Here, read this and enlighten yourself.

You're just a troll, and not a very good one at that.