Posted on 09/27/2010 10:49:22 AM PDT by libstripper
Its Nothing, Like An Upset Stomach
Tehran, Iran: A computer worm has seized control of Irans first nuclear power station, just weeks before the facility was ready to go online; possibly explaining Netanyahus reluctance to bomb the facility.
The Bushehr nuclear power plants project manager, Mahmoud Jafari, said a team is trying to remove the worms from several infected computers, but those readers who are familiar with the problem know, without uninfected back-up the situation may be hopeless. Really talented hackers could also infect the components, making any new computer hooked up to the system vulnerable immediately, imagination is the only real barrier for a gifted hacker. If the back-up was available, they would have never admitted there was a problem. Jafari reassures us that the Worm:
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Disgruntled ex-employee?.................
***I heard somewhere that it was because they were using pirated copies ***
Kind of like when the Soviets stole some software to use on their natural gas line and it blew the line up due to having been corrupted before they stole it!
That was mentioned here on FR in the last few days.
There talented Muslim programmers too. I bet a bunch of ‘em are studying this one right now. Expect it to make an appearance here in 6 months.
To any or our brave defenders combing the internet for enemies, that is pure speculation on my part.
My understanding is that Microsoft will still allow security updates on pirated Windows because these are still connected to healthy/legal pc's, intranet or internet, and don't want to be blamed for huge outages.
My guess is Iran stole copies of the control software and the worm came from there, much like the trans-Siberian caper of '82.
*psst*wormwritteninhebrew**
I wonder if Iran had to pay for the anti-virus package that went with the virus, or if they are trying to edit their registry and delete infected files by hand. Maybe they forgot to make a restore disk.
While I'm not surprised to see yet another example of a MS-Windows virus infestation, you have to wonder if anyone installing MS-Windows software in critical infrastructure like a nuclear power plant was maybe a few beers short of a six-pack.
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