Computer super-virus 'targeted Iranian nuclear power station' but who made it?

Daily Mail ^ | Sept. 24, 2010 | Niall Firth

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The world’s first cyber ‘super weapon’ may have been designed to attack a nuclear power station in Iran, experts believe. A computer virus called Stuxnet has been described as the most sophisticated 'worm' ever created and has already infected more than 45,000 networks worldwide. A 'worm' is a type of computer virus that can reproduce by sending copies of itself to any PC that is connected to the infected machine. Now internet security experts fear that Stuxnet, which was first detected in June, is the first 'worm' specifically created to target real-world infrastructure such as power stations and water plants. The Bushehr nuclear plant may have been the target for the cyber attack, experts believe And they say that it is so sophisticated that only a country with a high level of computer programming know-how would have been able to create it. Many believe that it was designed to attack important industrial facilities in Iran including the Bushehr nuclear power plant which was originally due to open last month. After it has hijacked a PC, Stuxnet looks for Siemens software that runs industrial control systems in facilities like factories and power plants. More...Revealed: The 'hacker' who discovered the worm that took down Twitter... a 17-year-old Australian schoolboy

It then launches an attack by reprogramming software to give any industrial machinery new, potentially dangerous, instructions. It is capable of taking control of key processes and is able to set off a sequence that could cause the entire system to self-destruct, say experts.

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The Bushehr nuclear plant may have been the target for the cyber attack, experts believe.

Mr Langer says that the sophistication of the virus means that only a ‘nation state’ could have developed it.

He wrote: 'With the forensics we now have it is evident and provable that Stuxnet is a directed sabotage attack involving heavy insider knowledge.

'This is not some hacker sitting in the basement of his parents' house. To me, it seems that the resources needed to stage this attack point to a nation state.' Mr Langer also believes that Stuxnet virus has already hit its target - we just haven't heard about it yet.

[Peter from Rutland]

Obviously a Zionist conspiracy! 8^P

[omega4179]

And why is SIEMENS allowed to do business with a madman who wants to erase Israel.

[MediaMole]

One of the antivirus companies had a chart showing Stuxnet infections by country. At one point, it was about 60% Iranian, but now it’s more prevalent in India.

Unfortunately, weaponized computer viruses may be too much like real viruses. Once you get them in the wild, they will infect anyone who isn’t immune.

[Doulos1]

To get the job done, that they didn’t finish during WWll?

[True Grit]

The Bushehr nuclear plant may have been the target for the cyber attack

Guess the will start issuing FATWA"S

[Red Badger]

Some nice Jewish boy...................I HOPE!................

[Red Badger]

Bushehr’s FAULT!...............

[mainsail that]

It’s gonna be b$#$*(&^ once someone turns it against us though. Apparently it just fries everything

[GonzoGOP]

Too bad they couldn’t Chernobyl the darn thing. The thought of Iran being blanked in nuclear fallout from their own stinking reactor is one of the happiest ones I have ever had.

[dennisw]

This is one Zionist conspiracy theory I can get behind! A million Russians immigrated and thousands of them are genius level techies. This is why Intel has research and a fab there. Tons of geniuses these aside from the Russians

[Red Badger]

I have a feeling the CIA had a little to do with this..............

[Hoosier-Daddy]

Doesn’t it just warm the cockles of your heart?

[monkeyshine]

Worm Attacks Iran

[Deaf Smith]

The Farewell Dossier (How the CIA blew up the Trans-Siberian pipeline with pirated software)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2594959/posts

[TheThirdRuffian]

“Too bad they couldn’t Chernobyl the darn thing. The thought of Iran being blanked in nuclear fallout from their own stinking reactor is one of the happiest ones I have ever had.”

Me, too. I get the impression it “went off” too early, and merely set the Iranians back several months, instead of turning the plant into madmax territory.

[philman_36]

'With the forensics we now have it is evident and provable that Stuxnet is a directed sabotage attack involving heavy insider knowledge.

I had something different in mind. It may yet exist.
"I can't help but think that the Russians set the Iranians up."
Either way...Never trust Russian contractors!

[GonzoGOP]

Me, too. I get the impression it “went off” too early, and merely set the Iranians back several months, instead of turning the plant into madmax territory.

Talking about Mad Max did you see that video of the crazy Russian girl riding a motorcycle through the abandoned ruins of town outside the Chernobyl plant. She had a Geiger counter and I was surprised what was showing up as "Hot" and what had returned to safe. Basically it was metal that was outside and exposed. Hundreds of acres of farmland that was relatively safe, but one chunk of rusty chain link fence could be deadly. A quarter of a century later and that place is still seriously messed up.

[TheThirdRuffian]

“did you see that video of the crazy Russian girl riding a motorcycle through the abandoned ruins of town outside the Chernobyl plant.”

I have. There’s an interesting website, as well. Very surreal.

http://www.kiddofspeed.com/chapter1.html

[HangThemHigh]

"Talking about Mad Max did you see that video of the crazy Russian girl riding a motorcycle through the abandoned ruins of town outside the Chernobyl plant. She had a Geiger counter and I was surprised what was showing up as "Hot" and what had returned to safe. Basically it was metal that was outside and exposed. Hundreds of acres of farmland that was relatively safe, but one chunk of rusty chain link fence could be deadly. A quarter of a century later and that place is still seriously messed up.

You mean this girl?

Kid of Speed
More here

I thought the links above were some of the most interesting things I have ever seen on the internet.

I never saw any video. You got a link? Please?