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Iran Claims New Cyberattacks On Industrial Sites
wiredmikey writes "Iranian officials on Tuesday said a 'Stuxnet-like' cyberattack hit some industrial units in a southern province. 'A virus had penetrated some manufacturing industries in Hormuzgan province, but its progress was halted,' Ali Akbar Akhavan said, quoted by the ISNA news agency. Akhavan said the malware was 'Stuxnet-like' but did not elaborate, and that the attack had occurred over the 'past few months.' One of the targets of the latest attack was the Bandar Abbas Tavanir Co, which oversees electricity production and distribution in Hormuzgan and adjacent provinces. He also accused 'enemies' of constantly seeking to disrupt operations at Iran's industrial units through cyberattacks, without specifying how much damage had been caused. Iran has blamed the U.S. and Israel for cyberattacks in the past. In April, it said a voracious malware attack had hit computers running key parts of its oil sector and succeeded in wiping data off official servers."
"What goes around, comes around."
Ill go back tomorrow and read this at -1 to see the real discussion....
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Well, that doesn't excuse being sloppy: I heard they withdrew their knee-jerk accusing US and Israel for it, *not* that an attack took place. And this isn't even contrary to the Slashdot summary, so ignore all of this.
but the real fun is when some nitwit turns the worms loose on the so-called "smart grid," which has more holes than security.
if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
Fix your shit or quit complaining that the same basic attack keeps infecting your systems
thank you
Commerce, industry, governments, and militaries need to get *real* serious about computer security. If intelligence operatives can make attacks on critical infrastructure now, script kiddies will be able to do it before too many years. People will be shutting down critical industry just for the lulz.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Shouldn't these heavy industries and Iranian defense systems dump windows and use linux considering these are mainly virus and malware. A legitimate hack cannot be stopped but spreading of these malwares would be so much slower in a hardened linux system, and many script kiddies would be stopped too.
You know, the Iranian revolution in '79 was co-opted by murderous poopyheads who have had their grip on the country since then, right? My point is that your beef is, by and large, not with Iranians, especially not with the younger generation. There is nothing to gain and a lot to loose by missing this.
But first you kinda have to drop this attidude of talking down to servants, just because the guys who hold your collar can beat up the guys holding theirs. That is beyond pathetic.
Maaaaybe they should keep their industrial equipment and controlling computers OFF THE INTERNET, seeing as how they have no reason to be on the internet. Then set up a bulletproof VLAN and you're a hell of a lot better off than now.