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| Iran secretly asks for assistance combating Stuxnet |
| 2010-09-30 |
| Debka... |
| Posted by: Bernie |
| #15 And God saw that it was good. |
| Posted by: whatadeal 2010-09-30 19:15 |
| #14 #12, Thanks Shath, excellent link. Check this out on the Siemens connection: Pajamas Media |
| Posted by: Bernie 2010-09-30 17:52 |
| #13 lotp, I bet there's a patch for it. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-09-30 16:33 |
| #12 http://www.informationdissemination.net/2010/09/six-hundred-kilobytes-of-war-20.html But there is another theory that fits the available date much better: stuxnet may have been targeted at the centrifuges at the uranium enrichment plant in Natanz. |
| Posted by: Shath Pelosi4009 2010-09-30 16:04 |
| #11 OBVIOUSLY it is the will of Allan! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2010-09-30 14:52 |
| #10 They are indeed, NS. |
| Posted by: lotp 2010-09-30 14:17 |
| #9 Those unintended consequences are a bitch. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-09-30 14:14 |
| #8 Apparently China is being hit hard with the bug as well. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.f6fba55ad8f5e329c0c25bad9aa7b8d3.651&show_article=1 Kinda makes you wonder about network linkages / data sharing and the Iranian a-bomb project... donnit? |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2010-09-30 14:00 |
| #7 Actually, it *is* that hard. I know a bit professionally about vulnerabilities in networks. We would be very hard put to defend against this attack ourselves. Shutting down an entire nation-wide infrastructure makes it difficult to wipe and reboot anything. Keep in mind that stuxnet infects the control systems for the power grid, the nuclear plants and a lot of other nationwide infrastructure systems as well. In addition it morphs and counters attempts to remove it from the machines (command PCs) that transmsitted it into the industrial equipment. Moreover, Iran may or may not have the 'original media' for programmable logic controllers embedded in the Siemens equipment. Siemens has facilitated a good deal of proliferation, Iran being an especially good customer, but is undoubtably under very strong German and international pressure not to aid Iran this time around. |
| Posted by: lotp 2010-09-30 12:22 |
| #6 Good Lord, it's NOT THAT HARD. Shutdown a machine, restore it from original media (then check to make sure the infection didn't come in on the original media). THEN ISOLATE THE MACHINE SO IT DOESN'T GET INFECTED AGAIN. All it takes is a little discipline and planning... Oh, yeah. Third-world. No wonder they're having such a hard time. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2010-09-30 12:13 |
| #5 The Mossad can help. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-09-30 12:10 |
| #4 STUXNET.Y2K There really is no known cure. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-09-30 08:59 |
| #3 Maybe Israel could help. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-09-30 08:43 |
| #2 Who are they going to ask? China,Russia,North Kor or even Chavez LOL! |
| Posted by: Paul2 2010-09-30 08:17 |
| #1 Send Obean. He'll fix 'em good! |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-09-30 03:12 |