Using advanced computational techniques capable of analyzing streaming data from sensors across the grid in near real-time enable more dynamic monitoring of the entire powersystem across large geographic areas, and offers the potential to reach even higher levels of performance and cost-effectiveness through improved situational awareness.
In January 2003 the Microsoft SQL Server worm, known as Slammer, infected a private computer network at David-Besse nuclear power plant in Oak Harbor, Ohio, disabling a safety monitoringsystem for nearly five hours, says the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.