Iran Arrests Alleged Spies Over Stuxnet Worm 261
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kaptink writes "Reports surfacing from Iran claim 'nuclear spies' have been arrested over the infection at the Busheher nuclear station, which opened in August. According to Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi, because Stuxnet is so sophisticated, cost so much to write and uses two stolen security certificates, he believes only a national intelligence agency or a huge private company could have devised it, calling them 'enemies' spy services."
How come Iran can do it when others can't? (Score:5, Funny)
See the thing is Iran is so efficient on on catching crooks (whether they are actually guilty of the crime the are charged with or not) while the rest of the world seems to lag way behind.
Why?
Re:The country that cried wolf (Score:5, Funny)
I don't know what they allege that those they have arrested have done
They're probably charged with 'Breathing Iranian Air without Governmental Permission' which usually results in a sentence that prevents them from becoming repeat offenders.
Re:Bah! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Bah! (Score:5, Funny)
Nuclear reactors are built with multiple redundancy to the point that failure is inconceivable.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
"For all intensive purposes" (Score:2, Funny)
That woosh noise you herd mint something.
Re:How come Iran can do it when others can't? (Score:3, Funny)
Well that's pretty easy. You just need to wave your arms a lot, scream they're evil Jews and you're all set.
Re:The country that cried wolf (Score:3, Funny)
Hi MR AC! Have YOU been to the spot in Dallas? Have YOU ever hunted with a bolt action? I can answer yes to both and any hunter will tell you the odds of a single guy pulling that kind of shooting off in that amount of time is pretty much zero. not to mention Oswald was a lousy shot, which we know thanks to his military records. Finally if you look at videos of previous trips using the open topped cars there was ALWAYS secret service riding on the back of the car to protect the president...ALWAYS. You might want to look up "The men who killed Kennedy" as they have great footage taken BEFORE the trip began and you can actually see secret service guys say "What the fuck are you doing?" as they are PULLED OFF the president's car. It was a setup, someone high in the secret service knew it and pulled his men. Kennedy had already threatened the CIA and had made it clear he would NOT escalate Vietnam. Vietnam was a multibillion dollar windfall for the MIC. Hell people are killed for a lot less every day here in the USA.
As for TFA, they have to pin it on somebody whether they did it or not. Ahmijerk can't just let "them" get away with it, so he has to find somebody, anybody, to pin this on or look weak. this was to be expected and the real culprits (I'm betting on Mossad due to the fact they had TWO stolen keys PLUS FOUR zero days, all to attack a SCADA setup. Crooks don't go "shock and awe", governments do, and this was clearly overkill for such a small target) will never be caught and he knows this and therefor grabbed a couple of scapegoats to run before the cameras.
Re:How come Iran can do it when others can't? (Score:3, Funny)
After all, you don't see evangelical Christians blowing up Planned Parenthoods and headshotting abortion doctors every day, do you?
Sounds like an awesome Counterstrike mod!