One has to wonder if the US has been infected… Surely more info will become available.
via World’s first ‘cyber superweapon’ attacks China.
Stuxnet is feared by experts around the globe as it can break into computers that control machinery at the heart of industry, allowing an attacker to assume control of critical systems like pumps, motors, alarms and valves.
GREAT program that works well!!
Generally a lack of focus by the US powers that be. Maybe this is how the war will be won.
This does not bode well for any facility controlled by computer/industrial controls. I am reminded about how hackers once used the bios in printers connected to computers to gain access to the data it held. This seems to be a very serious upgrade to that method. Windows seems to be the main gateway in this instance, but not the only method used. When are people going to learn that for secure mission critical systems that Windows is just not the way to go?? That said this particular intrusion takes physical access to the computer via USB, my guess is that this is some of the covert ops the US is perpetrating on Iran.
Stuxnet Attack Exposes Inherent Problems In Power Grid Security.
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