Facade of the headquarters building of Schneider Electric, a French multinational company specializing in digital automation and energy managementl (Getty Images)
Ventilation unit of the Mont Blanc tunnel on the Italian side is pictured on January 12, 2017 during the presentation of the new computerized safety control system of the Mont Blanc Tunnel in Chamonix, southeastern France. (JEAN-PIERRE CLATOT/AFP via Getty Images)
The discovery highlights how obscure companies can have an outsize impact on the supply chain security of software products around the world. (Getty Images)
Hardcoded credentials and two other flaws could give hackers remote access to EVlink charging stations. Schneider Electric has issued firmware updates to fix the problems.
Energy-management software giant Schneider Electric has alerted customers that they may have received malware-laced USB drives in recent shipments of some of the company's products.
A nuclear reactor system. Trisis malware, which could damage industrial control systems like this pictured, is freely available on the internet. (Getty)
What researchers found has been described to CyberScoop as a tool so dangerous that its mere existence significantly intensifies the global digital arms race.