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2010-10-03 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Intelligence chief says Iran able to fight computer worm

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Posted by Fred 2010-10-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 Did The BP Gulf oil platform have Siemens controls?

Maybe there's already been several instances of industrial computer sabotage worldwide.

just askin (takes tinfoilhat off)

Posted by Mike Hunt 2010-10-03 02:32|| 2010-10-03 02:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Haven't a clue, but indications were that the failure at the BP site was in the wellhead, not in the equipment IIRC.

Posted by lotp 2010-10-03 08:11|| 2010-10-03 08:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Actually, the BP spill was PROBABLY caused by a combination of things, including human error. I don't think it was sabotage.

A Google search of stuxnet garners almost 14 million hits. I still personally believe that it's primarily a warning to Iran to stop its enrichment, with enough problems generated to allow Iran to understand how vulnerable it is. I'd bet money there's a far more lethal - and better hidden - second virus that will be released, either at a specific time or by a specific command, that can do up to a hundred times as much damage. Stuxnet may even be the delivery method for the more potent virus, and is currently busy replicating itself in additional systems in Iran and elsewhere. I doubt we've heard the last of it, either in Iran or elsewhere in the world.

Posted by Old Patriot 2010-10-03 17:47|| 2010-10-03 17:47|| Front Page Top

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