A report issued by Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security reveals a German steel mill became the second recorded victim of a cyberattack causing physical destruction. The attack disrupted control systems so severely that a blast furnace could not be properly shut down. The report did not name the steel mill or detail the severity of the damage.
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A cyber attack is a cyber operation, whether offensive or defensive, that is reasonably expected to cause injury or death to persons or damage or destruction to objects.
Michael Schmitt et al; Tallinn Manual 1.0, pp 92
- ✅ Cyber Operation?
- ✅ Expected to cause death or injury to people or damage to objects?
The German Steel Mill Incident matches this definition. Here's and why this matters.