Can a worm bust a hydroelectric dam, on command?

The cyber-warrior scenario goes something like this: If the worm is a computer worm (or other digital malware) infecting a dam’s computer system, it might be possible to use the malicious code to take control of the supervisory operating system. The attacker then orders the computer to open the dam’s gates and thus create a destructive flood inundating cities downstream.

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