MS Worm caused blackout?

[Jonathan Hutchins]

According to Robert X. Cringely from Info World, the recent MS Blaster worm 
may have actually been responsible for the Great Blackout of Ought Three. 
Cringe writes "The FBI and CERT pooh-pooh the theory, but some aren't 
convinced. Many plants on the grid run a Windows-based SCADA (Supervisory 
Control and Data Acquisition) system that receives remote commands through 
the same RPC (Remote Procedure Call) protocol exploited by MSBlaster. Among 
other things, SCADA systems control the amount of energy each plant produces. 
I talked with one plant insider who says the worm theory is possible but not 
likely. "It would have to be a major breakdown in the plant's software 
protection scheme," he said. A more likely sabotage scenario? An inside job 
by a techie ticked off at his employers. So far nobody knows the real cause, 
but if Oliver Stone is reading this, I'll sell the movie rights for a Linux 
notebook and 5 percent of the gross."