HunterDave
03-08-2012, 05:50 PM
Yup, an Iranian nuke plant was attacked but not by bombs, by a computer virus.....a very, very sophisticated one that was designed to attack a specific computer component. The only place that had that component was in an Iranian nuke plant. It was designed to make the centrifuges on a nuclear reactor run at higher than designed speeds to burn them out and disguise what was happening by fooling the equipment designed to monitor them.
The virus is known as "Stuxnet" and releasing it may have opened a pandora's box because people (governments) with access to the program can make changes to it for their own attacks against everything from banking systems to shutting down traffic lights. Scary stuff!
I watched this report on 60 Minutes that I found very interesting.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57390124/stuxnet-computer-worm-opens-new-era-of-warfare/?tag=contentMain;contentBody
"The first attack, using a computer virus called Stuxnet was launched several years ago against an Iranian nuclear facility, almost certainly with some U.S. involvement. But the implications and the possible consequences are only now coming to light."
The virus is known as "Stuxnet" and releasing it may have opened a pandora's box because people (governments) with access to the program can make changes to it for their own attacks against everything from banking systems to shutting down traffic lights. Scary stuff!
I watched this report on 60 Minutes that I found very interesting.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57390124/stuxnet-computer-worm-opens-new-era-of-warfare/?tag=contentMain;contentBody
"The first attack, using a computer virus called Stuxnet was launched several years ago against an Iranian nuclear facility, almost certainly with some U.S. involvement. But the implications and the possible consequences are only now coming to light."