It demonstrated a real sophisticated cyber security attack that catastrophically affected several areas of PLC-BS. It was the first to include a PLC rootkit : Stuxnet was able to maliciously spy, attack, compromise, or even exploit other machines to initialize attacks on other systems. Worms such as Stuxnet, uncovered by Kaspersky Lab 2010, proved a new sophisticated level and era of attacks against PLC-BS software.
Though PLC-BS are reliable, real-time devices that are widely used in most automated systems and industrial facilities, they are becoming a big concern.
