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Iran Allegedly Hit By Computer Virus More Violent Than Stuxnet (timesofisrael.com)
TTL0 shares a report from The Times of Israel: Iranian infrastructure and strategic networks have come under attack in the last few days by a computer virus similar to Stuxnet but "more violent, more advanced and more sophisticated," and Israeli officials are refusing to discuss what role, if any, they may have had in the operation, an Israeli TV report said Wednesday. "Remember Stuxnet, the virus that penetrated the computers of the Iranian nuclear industry?" the report on Israel's Hadashot news asked. Iran "has admitted in the past few days that it is again facing a similar attack, from a more violent, more advanced and more sophisticated virus than before, that has hit infrastructure and strategic networks." The Iranians, the TV report went on, are "not admitting, of course, how much damage has been caused." On Sunday, Gholamreza Jalali, the head of Iran's civil defense agency, said Tehran had neutralized a new version of Stuxnet, Reuters reported. Stuxnet penetrated Iran's nuclear program, "taking control and sabotaging parts of its enrichment processes by speeding up its centrifuges," the report notes. We'll update this story when more details become available.
Our entire economy is integrated with computers now. Throwing open the doors on destructive attackâ(TM)s to cripple a govt/economy is just stupid, we are way more vulnerable to this shit and no we do not have adequate protections in place.
Pfff, that's nothing compared to the US and Israel.
Stuxnet managed to do almost the same, but to ultracentrifuges used to enrich uranium.
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Are you also claiming that Hezbollah is a mistranslation? Or are you still looking for a way to internally rationalize supporting terrorists while claiming not to?
Israel gets away with it because they have the most powerful military nation in the world standing behind them. If it wasn't for Western guilt over the atrocities that happened in WWII, Israel would be viewed as a dangerous pariah state by the West, but it's politically "insensitive" to think of them as the bully-state they've become. The attempted genocide guilt does belong to all the West- anti Semitism was rife across most Western nations in the 30's, if it wasn't Germany, it could easily have happened in another country.
As it is, they get away with violating the sovereignty of countries all over the world carrying out illegal raids and missions knowing their big brother the US has got their back. One would think- rather than continue out the "bully-thy-neighbor" approach they would be better off trying to build friendships. If the US ever stops supporting Israel, one day the guilt of WWII will no longer be so fresh, or perhaps a President who is sympathetic to the Palestinian apartheid will be elected. Would an isolated Israel last long after all the hate, destruction and violation they have performed on their neighbours?
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Hadash is the Hebrew word for "new". Hadashot literally translates to "news".