Stuxnet Has Infected A Russian Nuclear Plant And The Space Station

[Purveyor]

The problem with creating Stuxnet, the world's most sophisticated malware worm, is that it could eventually go rogue. Which is precisely what has happened. The US- and Israeli-built virus has spread to a Russian nuclear plant — and even the International Space Station.

Stuxnet is an incredibly powerful computer worm that was created by the United States and Israel to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. It initially spreads through Microsoft Windows and targets Siemens industrial control systems. It's considered the first malware that both spies and subverts industrial systems. It's even got a programmable logic controller rootkit for the automation of electromechanical processes.

Let that last point sink in for just a second. This thing, with a little bit of coaxing, can actually control the operation of machines and computers it infects.

For more on Stuxnet, I highly encourage you to watch this sobering TED talk by Ralph Lagner where he describes it as "a 21st century cyber weapon."

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http://io9.com/stuxnet-has-infected-a-russian-nuclear-plant-and-the-sp-1462375259

[CK_John]

1. What would the Cyber-era be without a cyber weapon.

[Lochloosa]

2. Skynet

[hunter]

3. What a clusterfuck.

I don't even want to drive a car with a computer in it.

Can't you just see a day coming when the police bring you in by taking over your car?

You hop into your car for a quick trip to the grocery store, the car's doors lock you in, your seatbelts won't unbuckle, and the car drives off to the police station or over a cliff depending upon what sort of dissident you are.

[dipsydoodle]

4. Some should take care of what they wished.

Maybe the Russians should paint "return to sender" on all of their nukes , in case one or more ever get loosed as a result , as this spreads further.

[Purveyor]

5. Oh I'm certain the israelis and US neocon's are still doing 'high-5's' over how successful Stuxnet

is...