Iran hit by strange virus!

Rabies

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Can't believe you only had 15,000 posts back then... sees like only yesterday.

Less than two years to almost double it :eek:

That is still more than my 10yrs of posting on Boards. Fec

jimmymal

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/ralph_langner_cracking_stuxnet_a_21st_century_cyberweapon.html

AVideo on ted.com with one of the interpol investigators telling the world what they found. Vid released in March 2011

Lone Stone

Israel

fifth

This virus Israeli old news!

Standard Toaster

The new 'Flame'virus probably has the same origins. A 20mb virus.
Would make for a great movie

LH Pathe

Was this a different one, says ere in the Indo "Obama orders cyber attack on Nuclear Facility". But I heard on sky news they are also crippling businesses? And in the Hollywood blockbuster Transformers 3 the decepticons are working alongside the Iranians? why are the Iranians working with the decepticons..

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Rabies wrote: »

Less than two years to almost double it :eek:

That is still more than my 10yrs of posting on Boards. Fec

I've just done the the maths and, at my current rate of psting, it would take me until August of 2021 to catch up with him. And that's based on the assumption that he didn't post at all in the meantime...

Biggins

UPDATE:

The Americans are not too pleased!

After much time of the world wondering who was creating these viruses (didn't take much guessing to be honest) and virus companies (the American ones anyway) saying that they 'suspect' who the culprits was - but refused to actually say all the time (I wonder why!), well now that its officially leaked out that it was the American government - now they are not too pleased that someone grassed them up.

They have decided to go on a witch-hunt for the culprit.

Feds investigate who leaked classified Stuxnet cyberattack details to NYT

The FBI is investigating who spilled national security secrets, this time about Stuxnet and the classified cyberattack program the U.S. launched against Iran nuclear facilities. Senator Feinstein has called for Capitol Hill hearings into the leak since 'disclosures of this type endanger American lives and undermine America's national security.'

It's not every day you "officially" learn that America and Israel not only created Stuxnet, but also ordered cyberattacks against Iran, so now it's being considered a "national security leak." It moved from conspiracy theory to a cybersecurity bombshell when the New York Times reported that the Bush administration authorized the cyber weapon program codenamed Olympic Games and President Obama continued increased cyberattacks on Iran nuclear facilities.

The NSA and CIA also allegedly had a hand in disrupting Iran's nuclear program. Now the FBI is investigating who leaked the Stuxnet "cyber-sabotage" story to the New York Times. Additionally, Senator Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of Intelligence Committee, wants Capitol Hill hearings into the leak.

Source: http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/cyber-sabatoge-feds-investigate-who-leaked-stuxnet-cyberattack-iran

Never mind that some of their virus creations might have seeped into other systems and networks... O' no, they are just pissed that they were caught doing it, exposed for it and the world found out!

As the saying goes "You couldn't make this stuff up!"