Stuxnet Authors Made Key Errors

Trailrunner7 writes "There is a growing sentiment among security researchers that the programmers behind the Stuxnet attack may not have been the super-elite cadre of developers that they've been mythologized to be in the media. In fact, some experts say that Stuxnet could well have been far more effective and difficult to detect had the attackers not made a few elementary mistakes."

Comments

Doesn't that prove the US government is behind it?

[erroneus]

Israelis aren't reputed to make mistakes like these, but US government contractors are. You just have to love the government and its contractors. Hire a contractor and take the praise for making it happen or fire them to "fix the problem" when things don't work out.

Re:'Amateur' mistakes?

[vbraga]

Or it could be just the Flying Spaghetti Monster doing it for the lulz?