I'd imagine it's possible to hide instruction code outside of code. Even within benign hardware components which could have wifi capability or backfeed and overwrite main programming after remote triggering. So a simple sensor from an outsourced company might be able to take down the entire structure theoretically. Especially is the bypass mechanism is built in.
https://gcn.com/articles/1998/07/13/software-glitches-leave-navy-smart-ship-dead-in-the-water.aspx
Atlantic Fleet officials acknowledged that the Yorktown last September experienced what they termed “an engineering local area network casualty,” but denied that the ship’s systems failure lasted as long as DiGiorgio said. The Yorktown was dead in the water for about two hours and 45 minutes, fleet officials said,
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Meanwhile other things are still happening.
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