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To: Pollster1; BlackVeil; Pride_of_the_Bluegrass
Actually, it's not hard for the writers to contain viruses like this in the targeted area. Think about it.

If this is like the STUX NET virus the theory is that the virus was (initially) spread by a Siemens Technician servicing Programmable Logic Controllers with the virus loaded on a thumb drive.

This would isolate the virus to one or a few techs who service computers in that part of the world until the virus breaks out of these (generally) stand alone computers.

The other thing to note is that these viruses are written to attack industrial control systems of a particular type (Siemens) so the damage they will do is limited by their design.

The Stux Net virus was specifically written to cause the Uranium Enrichment centrifuges to over speed and destroy themselves.

16 posted on 05/29/2012 5:06:09 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Pontiac
The Stux Net virus was specifically written to cause the Uranium Enrichment centrifuges to over speed and destroy themselves.

How hard would it be to tweek that virus so it would go after American Uranium Enrichment centrifuges? The tough part of the code has already written...

19 posted on 05/29/2012 7:50:37 AM PDT by GOPJ ( "A Dog In Every Pot" - freeper ETL)
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