The World’s First Cyber Weapon Attack on a Nuclear Plant | Cyberwar

Stuxnet was a sophisticated cyber attack on an Iranian nuclear plant that may have changed the nature of warfare forever.

This episode of Cyberwar first aired on VICE TV in 2016.

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[MES]

Reminder, this episode was from 2016, 8 years ago.

Edit: Vice news is really wanting us to endure 2016 again

[bartlx]

Thanks to Vice you can relive 2016 again and again, and again and...

[tonymante]

vice if your gonna repost old articles at least include the orginial post date and the tag #repost or something.

[johnthomas]

0 day means a technology virus we don't currently have a solution for. It literally means day 0, the first day of the existence of a new virus. It has nothing at all to do with the capabilities of the virus.

[zeberast]

The delivery method is incorrect. It had since been revealed that it came in via a part that was infected, not a usb.

[theredacted]

whats crazy to me, is that my highschool in 2010 didn't allow unauthorized USBs to be plugged in we had to go to the tech room and show the usb to a teacher and he had to scan it and give it a little sticker saying it was ok to use on our laptops, but the Iranians at a nuclear facility didnt do this. wild
edit: Irans

[whou]

"We demonstrated the capability that you could have devastating physical impacts by cyber means" That seem like an accidental admission.

[Lionwithhats]

Remember that this episode was from 2016

[TriAnglesD]

Interesting how an IT engineer did not know what a PLC was.

A USB stick in your work machine. That has not "formally" been permitted since early 2000's in most commercial organizations that I have done business with.

[DKong]

This is such an insane story. Cyber security is still such paramount importance in 2024 and I feel like a lot of people are still very unprepared or uneducated about proper security.

[KernalPanics]

4 zero days in one piece of malicious code is beyond insane.

[MaximumPasta]

Pretty wild that the SysAdmins in the nuclear plant didnt block USB drives on their PCs. Pretty big oversight for something that sensitive.

[RicondaRacing]

Nuclear power plant worker here, if someone was determined enough to attack a power plant and cause radiological sabotage... you're fucked. The NRC requirements aren't high enough to protect against modern threats.

[lukasandresson]

Iran running Windows legally is impossible since Microsoft would never sell them license keys.

[jinniu]

Did he just admit it was the US at the end there? "We demonstrated"

[wrenlittle]

I wish they would date it in the head line instead of using it as click bate. Other wise well done.

[gerbenbakker_]

The interesting thing is that the guy who likely planted it. Who was a dutch engineer, died in a one sided motor accident a few years later in Dubai. He was likely recruited by Dutch intellegence services. Who handed him over to the israeli and US services. The strange thing is that most of Dutch officers who were actively involved by recruiting him had no idea that this happened. The whole operation was so fractured that people only know about their small part. Which makes it impossible for most people to actually know what was giong on. Which is the power of the organisation. Even high Dutch politicians did not know what the Dutch role was. And it is still is a mystery till today.

[deejwize]

0day is just an exploit that has not being disclosed yet.

[Lionwithhats]

Its terrifying to think that there are cyber weapons out there that could dictate if we live or not

[MG-gjpv]

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