The old cynic’s line about air travel is that never, in the history of flight, have two people on the same airplane paid the same price for a ticket. Online, that’s getting more and more true as well, as companies … Continue reading
In 2010, Iran‘s nuclear facilities were infiltrated by Stuxnet, the centrifuge-wrecking malware allegedly cooked up by the US government. Now they seem to have been hit again by a bizarre attack forcing nuclear plant workstations to pump the song Thunderstruckby heavy metal band AC/DC through the speakers at full volume.
News of the attack comes from Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at Finnish computer security firm F-Secure, who says he recently received a series emailsfrom a scientist working at the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI):
“I am writing you to inform you that our nuclear program has once again been compromised and attacked by a new worm with exploits which have shut down our automation network at Natanz and another facility Fordo near Qom.”
The Iranian scientist goes on to say that they believe the attackers used Metasploit, a common hacking tool which provides a variety of ways to penetrate supposedly secure networks. “There was also some music playing randomly on several of the workstations during the middle of the night with the volume maxed out,” says the scientist. “I believe it was playing ‘Thunderstruck’ by AC/DC.”
While the US military has used heavy metal music as a weapon in the past it seems unlikely that a Stuxnet-like stealth attack would announce its presence with a few blasting power chords, suggesting the hit is more likely the work of a thrill-seeking hacker. Hypponen says he has been unable to verify any details of the attack, but has confirmed that the emails were sent and received from within the AEOI.
Blowfish12@2012 blowfish12.tk Author: Sudharsun. P. R.
CD-ROM XA (Compact Disk-read-only memory, extended architecture) is a modification of CD-ROM that defines two new types of sectors that enable it to read and display data, graphics, video and audio at the same time. The first optical data storage … Continue reading
The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life Is the source from which self-respect springs.
~ Joan Didion
Blowfish12@2012 blowfish12.tk Author: Sudharsun. P. R.
Related articles
- Quote for the day: 18-07-2012 (blowfish12.wordpress.com)
- Quote for the day: 19-07-2012 (blowfish12.wordpress.com)
- Quote for the day: 17-07-2012 (blowfish12.wordpress.com)
- Quote for the day: 9-07-2012 (blowfish12.wordpress.com)
- Question for the day: 10-07-2012 (blowfish12.wordpress.com)
- Quote for the day: 5-07-2012 (blowfish12.wordpress.com)
- Question for the day: 10-07-2012 (blowfish12.wordpress.com)
- Quote for the day: 7-07-2012 (blowfish12.wordpress.com)
- Quote for the day: 3-07-2012 (blowfish12.wordpress.com)
