The Triton (also known as Trisis) malware specifically targeted and compromised Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS), disabling the emergency shutdown capabilities at a petrochemical plant. This attack demonstrated that safety systems, once considered isolated and secure, are vulnerable to sophisticated, targeted cyberattacks. Neither Zeus, Stuxnet, nor WannaCry had this specific impact on emergency shutdown safety systems.
[Reference: ISA/IEC 62443-1-1:2007, Section 3.2.4; ISA/IEC 62443-3-3:2013, Section 4.2.2; Public incident reports and analyses of the Triton/Trisis attack (e.g., FireEye 2017 case study)., , , , ]
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