Proof-of-concept ransomware locks up the PLCs that control power plants
by Cory Doctorow from on (#2CN9A)
In Out of Control: Ransomware for Industrial Control Systems, three Georgia Tech computer scientists describe their work to develop LogicLocker, a piece of proof-of-concept ransomware that infects the programmable logic controllers that are used to control industrial systems like those in power plants. (more")