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Anonymous Claims Possession of Stuxnet Worm

Posted by timothy on from the now-they-can-really-damage-your-nuclear-program dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Last night, a member of hacker group Anonymous announced on Twitter that the group was in possession of the Stuxnet worm. Recently, Anonymous has been in the news for its high profile attacks on software security firm HBGary, after Aaron Barr, the CEO of HBGary's sister firm HBGary Federal, claimed to have acquired the names of senior Anonymous members and threatened to release them to the public. This is where the possibility for Anonymous getting its hands on Stuxnet increases."

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  1. at this point who hasn't got a copy of stuxnet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    it's been available for ages.

    It's a great PR move by Anon in that it's garners a stack of press due to the combinations of:

    "shadowy hackers"
    "stuxnet"

    Well played anon.

    What is actually more significant is the upcoming http://anonleaks.ru
    The potential for them to claim the popular mindshare that wikileaks has had is very real.
    None of the other groups have managed (openleaks, crowdleaks, abcleaks, xyzleaks, 123leaks, etc etc etc).

  2. From a IT security perspective. by AftanGustur · · Score: 5, Informative
    This has to be one of the dumbest posts on /. since I started reading it (and that was a loooong time ago)

    Anyone can get a copy of the Stuxnet worm, just create an account on the right security forums and download a copy.

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  3. Re:So? I have a copy of Code Red by OzPeter · · Score: 3, Informative

    The San Bruno explosion and reports of Stuxnet affecting operations in Iran occurred around the same time.

    And the same time Mubarak resigned, I drove past Washington DC with no traffic delays.

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  4. The whole world has Stuxnet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    https://github.com/Laurelai/decompile-dump