THREAT DOSSIER / 03

2010 · Industrial-control sabotage worm

Stuxnet

Targeted Siemens WinCC, STEP 7 and PLC environments, altering industrial behavior while concealing true process readings.

01

Entry and propagation

Initial access remains unresolved; documented propagation included USB, network shares, STEP 7 files and a print-spooler flaw.

02

Targets

Siemens SIMATIC WinCC, STEP 7 and industrial programmable logic controllers.

03

Impact

Manipulated control commands, damaged centrifuge equipment and displayed misleading operating data.

04

Defense

Isolate operational networks, control removable media, sign projects and monitor PLC logic changes.