Did you read the article? Here's a few excerpts:
"Stuxnet's arrival heralds something blindingly new: a cyber weapon created to cross from the digital realm to the physical world – to destroy something."
"Stuxnet surfaced in June and, by July, was identified as a hypersophisticated piece of malware probably created by a team working for a nation state, say cyber security experts."
"This is a 100 percent sabotage attack... He shows step by step how Stuxnet operates as a guided cyber missile... Stuxnet appeared to be able to take control of the automated factory control systems it had infected – and do whatever it was programmed to do with them. That was mischievous and dangerous."
Stuxnet has the cyberworld in a tizzy. Doesn't sound like a botched hacker job to me. But then I read the whole article.
Control rods out, cooling system to off position...
Are you prevented from posting the whole article?
FWIW 90% of FReepers comment on what’s posted... juss sayin’....
The author isn’t all that “up” on cyber/physical world crossovers. I saw video two years ago presented at an information security conference by an engineer from the Idaho National Laboratory that demonstrated an attack against a computer-controlled diesel generator that showed the generator engine nearly rip itself off its mounts.
Also, Tsar Bomba was a superweapon too; I defy you to show me that that would not have been detected had it been used.
You’d be amazed what a bunch of hackers fueled by red bull, pizza, and pr0n can do when they set their minds to it! LOL
BTW, I probably should have added the “/snark /move along, nothing to see here” (ref South Park) tags to my first post. I did read the article, and yes, this thing is nasty. Hope it’s NSA’s or otherwise ours...