F-Secure Report: Another SCADA Attack in Iran — This Time With AC/DC

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F-Secure Report: Another SCADA Attack in Iran — This Time With AC/DC

Posted by timothy on Tuesday July 24, 2012 @02:46AM from the either-true-or-a-funny-movie-plot dept.

An anonymous reader writes "F-Secure antivirus company of Finland has reported receiving e-mails from an Iranian nuclear scientist, who says Persian uranium-235 isotope refining efforts have just been hit with yet another cyber strike. (Stuxnet, Duqu and Flamer-Skywiper being the previous iterations of the same Operation Project Olympic attack plan.) Last month, President Obama's staff has admitted to the New York Times that there is a joint Israel-U.S. cybermilitary operation was behind the mishaps Iranians have recently been suffering with their UF6 gas refining centrifuge systems in the Natanz and Fordo plants. This time, the unverified e-mail claims, a new Metasploit-based malware owns Iranian VPNs, causes fault in the nuclear plants' Siemens-based industrial control systems, and randomly starts to play AC/DC's 'Thunderstruck' aloud via the infected computers' speakers."

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\m/ ( w ) \m/ by Quakeulf · 2012-07-24 02:49 · Score: 5, Funny

Rock and revolt!
1. Re:\m/ ( w ) \m/ by camperslo · 2012-07-24 03:20 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Well there's really nothing to fear until people start getting Rick-rolled
2. Re:\m/ ( w ) \m/ by Jeremiah+Cornelius · 2012-07-24 09:45 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  These "cyber attacks" are criminal activity by the AmeriCIA/Israel government confab - directed against the LEGAL and compliant activity by a signatory of the non-proliferation treaty.
  Israel is NOT signatory - and actually DOES produce weapons, in violation of international law.
  So does India an NPT violator.
  Who will stop these rogue regimes, that pursue their agenda, not through binding treaty obligations or courts of justice, but through rampant sabotage and a program of civilian assassinations?
  
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  Never been known to fail..."
Thunderstruck by sageres · 2012-07-24 02:50 · Score: 5, Funny

Sound of the drums
Beatin' in my heart
The thunder of guns
Tore me apart
You've been - thunderstruck
1. Re:Thunderstruck by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-24 03:10 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Tore me apart
  To the authors of this hack: I see what you did there, I LOL'd, and I will never listen to that song again without thinking of a cascade failure :)
  You came, you saw, kicked its ass!
Springsteen, weaponized. by gestalt_n_pepper · 2012-07-24 02:52 · Score: 4, Funny

I would have gone for "Born in the USA"

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1. Re:Springsteen, weaponized. by Muad'Dave · 2012-07-24 03:02 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I would've gone with Hava Nagila.
  
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2. Re:Springsteen, weaponized. by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-24 03:17 · Score: 0, Funny
  
  I would have included a video of naked women eating bacon!
3. Re:Springsteen, weaponized. by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-24 03:58 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I would have gone with some Justin Bieber or Nickelback.
  The constitution forbids cruel and unusual punishment.
RIAA vs US gov't by MoogMan · 2012-07-24 02:54 · Score: 5, Funny

I hope the malware writers (or the US gov't) have agreed their license fees with the respective record companies, otherwise they'll find themselves in a world of pain!
Re:ROCK! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-24 02:56 · Score: 2, Funny

I'd still go for Wagner
Re:Awesome! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-24 02:58 · Score: 2, Funny

Something by Celine Dion.
Re:Awesome! by only_human · 2012-07-24 02:59 · Score: 4, Funny

What other songs could the virus rock out with?
How about rickrolling?
The obvious question... by jonwil · 2012-07-24 03:02 · Score: 3, Funny

Will the RIAA be sending the Iranian government a cease and desist notice for violating its copyright on the song?
Re:Awesome! by Teresita · 2012-07-24 03:02 · Score: 3, Funny

I study nuclear science
I love my classes
I got a crazy teacher,
He wears dark glasses.
Things are going great,
And they're only getting better.
I'm doing all right, getting good grades.
The future's so bright
I gotta wear shades.
Re:Awesome! by Zocalo · 2012-07-24 03:03 · Score: 5, Funny

The Police's "Every Breath You Take (I'll be watching you)" should raise paranoia levels nicely.

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Re:Awesome! by Quiet_Desperation · 2012-07-24 03:07 · Score: 5, Funny

That might violate the Geneva Conventions.
Re:Awesome! by RaceProUK · 2012-07-24 03:20 · Score: 3, Funny

'Blame Canada'

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Re:Iron Man by Hsien-Ko · 2012-07-24 03:23 · Score: 5, Funny

Too many women with too many pills?
Re:Awesome! by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · 2012-07-24 03:25 · Score: 4, Funny

Inertia might prevent this; but (if the virus has access to PLCs) rocking some unlistenable ambient industrial exclusively using PLC-controlled hardware being operated in a manner egregiously beyond its design specs would be fairly entertaining.
A computer attempting the DJ-style turntable 'scratching' effect on a bank of ultracentrifuges would be fun while it lasted...
Re:Iron Man by TWX · 2012-07-24 03:26 · Score: 4, Funny

I think the parent comment meant the result, not the cause...

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Re:Sarcasm! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-24 04:03 · Score: 5, Funny

Indeed. I wonder how long until the RIAA and Co. will take until they send their regards for each computer playing to a group of people without licensing rights.
Re:Pandora's Box by organgtool · 2012-07-24 04:15 · Score: 4, Funny

Much of the world runs on Siemens
My God! The world is covered in Siemen!