The Triton malware is murderous and spreading

The hackers had deployed malicious software, or malware, that let them take over the plant’s safety instrumented systems. The malware was used to gather intelligence about the power companies’ systems, and to steal log-in credentials from ⚡️ CrashOverride

Also known as Industroyer, this was developed by Russian cyber warriors too, who used it to mount an attack on a part of Ukraine’s electrical grid in December 2016. Since the workstation communicated with the plant’s safety instrumented systems, the hackers were able to learn the make and model of the systems’ hardware controllers, as well as the versions of their firmware—software that’s embedded in a device’s memory and governs how it communicates with other things.

Source: www.technologyreview.com