Was Russia Behind Stuxnet? 281
An anonymous reader writes "Despite the U.S. and Israel being widely assumed to be responsible for Stuxnet, Russia is the more likely culprit, says U.S. Air Force cyber analyst. The nuclear gangsterism of the past 20 years gives it plenty of motive. Quoting: 'So what better way to maintain Russian interests, and innocence, than to plant a worm with digital U.S.-Israeli fingerprints? After all, Russian scientists and engineers are familiar with the cascading centrifuges whose numbers and configuration – and Siemen’s SCADA PLC controller schematics – they have full access to by virtue of designing the plants. ... the observers of the virus could alert the Iranians before full nuclear catastrophe struck. The Belarusian computer security experts who 'discovered' the code seemingly played that role well. They didn't seem too preoccupied with reverse engineering the malicious code to see what it was designed to do.'"
I blame it on Cthulhu (Score:4, Funny)
That's the only logical explanation.
Re:Government responsible says, 'Look, commies'. (Score:5, Funny)
But they took out the TSA in Modern Warfare, so that makes them the good guys in my book.
Re:Government responsible says, 'Look, commies'. (Score:5, Funny)
Let's all trust the U.S. propaganda machine. It was the Russians.
Damn straight it was the Russians! It's all part of the Russian infiltration, Russian indoctrination, Russian subversion and the international Russian conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids. Stuxnet is without a doubt the most monstrously conceived and dangerous Russian plot we have ever had to face.
Friend Computer says, 'Look, commies'. (Score:3, Funny)
CLASSIFEID INTELLIGENCE NEWS (Score:5, Funny)
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