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Stuxnet Virus Set Back Iran’s Nuclear Program by 2 Years

Posted by samzenpus on from the minor-setback dept.

masterwit writes "The Jpost article states: 'The Stuxnet virus, which has attacked Iran's nuclear facilities and which Israel is suspected of creating, has set back the Islamic Republic's nuclear program by two years, a top German computer consultant who was one of the first experts to analyze the program's code told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday. Widespread speculation has named Israel's Military Intelligence Unit 8200, known for its advanced Signal Intelligence (SIGINT) capabilities, as the possible creator of the software, as well as the United States.'"

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  1. SIGINT? by PatPending · · Score: 3, Funny

    "SIGINT" is an appropriate name for this:

    SIGINT is the signal sent to a process by its controlling terminal when a user wishes to interrupt the process.

    Although I would have preferred one of these instead:

    SIGKILL

    SIGSTOP

    SIGSTFU

    Okay, I made the last one up.

    --
    What one fool can do, another can. (Ancient Simian Proverb)
    1. Re:SIGINT? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      SIGHUP -> SIGOHNO
      SIGINT -> SIGPWND
      SIGQUIT -> SIGWUT
      SIGILL -> SIGWTF
      SIGABRT -> SIGORLY
      SIGTRAP -> SIGRAEP
      SIGKILL -> SIGSTFU
      SIGSEGV -> SIGOMFG
      SIGTERM -> SIGRTFM
      SIGSTOP -> SIGKTHX
      SIGCONT -> SIGGOGO

  2. Re:Success by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And to beat it all, no-one even knows who was actually responsible for this.

    True, but we do know that it was a country which can keep secrets.

  3. Re:Success by cbeaudry · · Score: 3, Funny

    I dont think so.

    We will see this sort of thing only if its politically inconvenient to use standard warfare.

    Because quick and easy, means cheap. Which means, the military industrial complex isn't making profit.

    We wont be seeing this replacing standard warfare anytime soon.

  4. Re:And the winner is... by jav1231 · · Score: 4, Funny

    So did you write Stuxnet or are you running LOIC? If the later might I suggest going outside. I mean just to see it.

  5. Re:Success by Charliemopps · · Score: 2, Funny

    I absolutely guarantee the US government payed as much for this code as it would have for any comparable attack with hardware. Hell, the company I work for just payed $19,000 for a SQL statement shorter than this very sentence.

  6. Re:How wasteful we humans are. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ahem. Loose lips sink ships.