I heard somewhere that it was because they were using pirated copies of Windows on their systems and didn’t have all the security updates. Not sure if it’s true, but it would be funny.
Rush said that today, but I haven’t seen any articles on it.
http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1922572/stuxnet_attack_may_have_been_aimed_at_iran_experts/
Speaking from Washington on Thursday, Vice Admiral Bernard McCullough, who leads the U.S. Navy’s Fleet Cyber Command, told Reuters that the worm “has some capabilities we haven’t seen before.”
Langner said Bushehr might have been the target, with the attack exploiting the facility’s use of unlicensed Windows software.
***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.
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.