Iran boasts of Stuxnet 'nuclear spies' arrests Iran claims to have arrested spies it blames for planting the infamous Stuxnet worm on its network and attempting to clobber its Bushehr nuclear power plant. Heydar Moslehi, Iran's intelligence minister, told the semi-official Mehr news agency that the country had arrested an unspecified number of "nuclear spies" (nationality …
Some dumbass in the plant loaded up a USB stick with photos, took them off to a print centre where their USB was infected and then they plugged it into their workplace where the infection carried on its merry way.
Scenarios like this happen in the supposedly tech savvy West so I imagine it happens a great deal more in places like Iran. The issue was probably compounded by lack of AV software or firewalls.
No conspiracy required, just the product of human ignorance crossing paths with a piece of malware.
they have a Stuxnet whitepaper which pretty much proves this isn't your common or garden SQL Slammer or even Conficker, whatever DrXym and others of a similarly blind nature may think.
See also an outfit called Langner. You know where to look. You were given eyes and a brain, just use them before they stop working.
If you don't have a clue, at least keep schtumm about it.
It's smoke and mirrors, trying to misdirect from the real problem.
That problem being that the total fucking numpties in charge have not only approved of using Microsoft software for SCADA, but have ALSO approved of attaching said systems to TheInternetAtLarge[1].
The cluelessness being displayed at national levels is absolutely breathtaking.
[1]Whatever that is.
"That problem being that the total fucking numpties in charge have not only approved of using Microsoft software for SCADA,"
They didn't. The software to program the PLCs which run SCADA runs on windows, which is not the same.
"but have ALSO approved of attaching said systems to TheInternetAtLarge[1]."
They didn't, go and read some of the analysis. Look at the proliferation vectors.
“All of the destructive activities perpetrated by the oppressors in cyberspace will be discovered quickly and means of combating these plans will be implemented,” Moslehi said, the New York Times reports.
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Given your bollocks generator has not improved syntactically, grammatically nor in content reference or applicability for some time now, perhaps you could refrain from posting your inanities until your planet-sized brain has made some fundaMental modifications to the Dragon-32 (C42) based software you are utilising.
Either that or just go and scare the Mail readers.
That is all.
Thx.
"Given your bollocks generator has not improved syntactically, grammatically nor in content reference or applicability for some time now, perhaps you could refrain from posting your inanities until your planet-sized brain has made some fundaMental modifications to the Dragon-32 (C42) based software you are utilising." ...... Giddy Kipper Posted Monday 4th October 2010 18:22 GMT
Giddy Kipper,
Does shifting a personal and private and pirate accountability to a public quoted stock liability count as a significant improvement to the bollocks generator your analytics have identified.* Methinks you are missing more than just a few of the Highly Desirable Vital Virulent Viral IntelAIgents Memes, as well as some comprehensive documented evidence with easy to understand explanatory sub and super texts, which will open up those closed doors for you.
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* ...... ""We don't need you to type at all. We know where you are. We know where you've been. We can more or less know what you're thinking about," he reminded users at the Washington Ideas Forum last week." ..... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/04/google_ericisms/
Hmmm? That then makes anything untoward in the Future, Google's Responsibility and Liability.
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Bollocks to you, Giddy Kipper, but an Aladdin's Cave of Priceless Ancient Jewels and Unbelievable Treasure to Others with more of the Crack Hack Knack and a Handle on Global Operating Devices than is obviously presently normal.
You've made this here hip-smirking drunky wringing wet !
Whatever you've taken, man1, it's NSFW !
ahem.
One of the commentards on Mary L's linked ( and entertaining ) article
expressed concern about ( sic ) " attacks that can change the course
of a speed train or direction of a plane "
The multitude of embedded devices and their OSs in planes , trains
and automobiles ( funniest film of all time imhobtw )
and nuclear power plants, oil refineries,chemical plants
and those other non-toaster high criticality sorts of thingies
are nice and safe, aren't they ? aren't they ?.....
shit !
best not tell Paris
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