Stuxnet Virus Strikes Iran's Nuclear & Military Facilities - Again!

pranks, done with millions of dollars worth of deadly military equipment, directed against same

i suppose that's progress, sure

too bad the virus wasn't available when israel was developing their nukes . . .

[or india, or pakistan, or for that matter us]

 

Cool stuff....

I just hope it doesn't back fire and trigger a reaction false or otherwise out of Iran.

 

It would be great to fight virtual wars vs real ones. Reparations aren't ruinous and we all live to fight another day

 

what happens when one side continues to lose the game. it then attacks its opponent; disabling it by using real weapons... to win the game..

 

And everyone would just respawn everytime they cyber die.

 

Some day somebody will create a catastrophy with an attack on US nuclear or so...the other side of the coin.

 

United States nuclear weapons systems is not online with world wide networks.. Its much centralized to its own locations, codes to launch are relayed to commanders via telesat systems, down to good old copper wire telephone (red phone)lol.. much like starting up a car, it only take a few keys to fire up the engines on the bombers and strike.. many times testing the integrity of system, weapons are brought to full launch sequence but, there has yet to be an accidental launch of a nuclear weapon.

 

yes
but what about civil nuclear or other (bio, chemical) industry? There can be as much damage done, or by damaging communications a country can be paralyzed...etc

 

yes. communications are prime target....

its possible to short out a nuclear power station... while I cant speak for all nuclear plants. what would happen and be more possible. causing a disruption in a substation, all while tricking the nuclear station to still make power. this would cause the reactor to over heat, though there are measures they can take, even manual measures to prevent over heating(cranes) pulling rods out of the core and flooding tower with fresh coolant water... The main part of a nuclear power plants is its cooling tower.. Without this, it can not make electricity.. killing a stations water pumps is a plausible area of attack..

 

Thanks, Skip- thats the problem. The humans that have access to such facilities. The biohazard labs are therefore the biggest problem. One person there can destroy the entire human race if he likes.

 

Id hate to boost the egos of the American nuclear plants security forces.. Its would seem though the memory stick would be traceable to the computer it came from..


Siemens has released a detection and removal tool for Stuxnet. Siemens recommends contacting customer support if an infection is detected and advises installing the Microsoft patch for vulnerabilities and prohibiting the use of third-party USB flash drives.

I would wonder if entering a nuclear facility is an intrusive as boarding a plane.. Strip down, scans make sure the person is not carrying contraband... But should note, many scientist and engineers take their computers and work home.

what the Stuxnet virus is..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet