Event description

State F’s wind farm has suddenly shut down. Hackers are known to have gained access to the control system of the wind turbines and disabled them. A deal with an investment company that planned to invest in the project now is in jeopardy. Partners are wondering: "Are you really that easy to hack?"

Consequences

1. Enterprise closure
2. Reputational damage

This has happened before

Dark Reading

Hacking the wind

Gaping security holes in wind energy control networks make them vulnerable to cyberattacks for extortion and physical destruction purposes, a researcher showed at Black Hat USA.

Event description

The Green Energy program is under threat: for six weeks the most state-of-the-art wind farm in State F has not been supplying green megawatts to the city. Despite strong winds, the wind turbines are standing idle. An investigation revealed that the wind turbine control system was infected with the WINDpoison virus. Attackers used it to shut down the turbines and spoof the energy production data.

Consequences

1. Deception of employees
2. Enterprise disruptions and downtime
3. Financial damage
4. System failures

This has happened before

Forbes

Hundreds of wind turbines and solar systems wide open to easy exploits

German researcher Maxim Rupp has pointed out numerous glaring flaws in clean energy systems, from wind turbines to solar lighting, that could be hacked to turn off supplies in countries across the world.