Die Hard 4 was about shutting down government infastructure, wasn't
it?  So in a way, yes, because certain infastructure (a good example
would be traffic control) would be controlled by an automation system
of some kind, most likely a Distributed Control System.

This one specifically targets industrial automation systems.  For
example, on the project I am working we have a general plant
automation system (let's call it SPIC) and a more stringent, safety-
related automation (lets call it KELS), both of which are running as
Distributed Control Systems, albeit each one is seperate and
different.  We also have a general plant data network, which is all of
the ethernet, VOIP, and other "administrative" automation stuff.  SPIC
and KELS would be the industrial automation stuff which a worm like
this might attack.

On Sep 30, 4:14 pm, James Peluso <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm kind of naive to this part of the industry but, is this what Die Hard 4
> is about?
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> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Luke <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I'm an Instrumentation & Control Systems Engineer, so industrial
> > automation systems like the ones Stuxnet attacks is right in my
> > department's wheelhouse.  Needless to say we are watching this VERY
> > closely.  Industrial automation software is very specific and very
> > proprietary -- so a piece of malcode which can attack it has to be
> > very specific and single-minded.
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> > On Sep 30, 11:21 am, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > And Iran is taking a beating:
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> > >http://www.debka.com/article/9050/
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