I had an old boss reach out to me last night.
He mentioned that their system had a huge virus that did all kinds of damage to their servers.
They have seen some things freak out on the assembly lines after the attack.
I use to work at this facility, and they wanted me to come in and check on things.
I am unable to go to their facility as I am under a non compete.
I haven't seen PLCs get infected before, but that doesn't mean it isn't possible.
They are all AB PLCs and panel view HMIs.
I told them I was unable to provide a direct answer but I would poke around to see what I could find out.
I do know that a couple of there lines have managed switches, and told them to make sure IT looks them over to ensure there settings are still correct.
Is there any real fear that the virus would be in the PLC or are they just seeing odd things happen that are just coincidental?
I do know they use asset center to store their PLC files and activations and that server was infected.
Gad
He mentioned that their system had a huge virus that did all kinds of damage to their servers.
They have seen some things freak out on the assembly lines after the attack.
I use to work at this facility, and they wanted me to come in and check on things.
I am unable to go to their facility as I am under a non compete.
I haven't seen PLCs get infected before, but that doesn't mean it isn't possible.
They are all AB PLCs and panel view HMIs.
I told them I was unable to provide a direct answer but I would poke around to see what I could find out.
I do know that a couple of there lines have managed switches, and told them to make sure IT looks them over to ensure there settings are still correct.
Is there any real fear that the virus would be in the PLC or are they just seeing odd things happen that are just coincidental?
I do know they use asset center to store their PLC files and activations and that server was infected.
Gad