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This was one of the first reports on the subject https://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/07/experts-warn-of-new-wind...
* EDIT removed two paragraphs with wrong information
Technical wonder aside, the argument for using nuclear power over fossil fuels really hits a faultline in situations like this. I wonder how the majority of folk rationalise their viewpoint surrounding this situation without being seen as massively hypocritical?
Technical wonder aside, the argument for using nuclear power over fossil fuels really hits a faultline in situations like this. I wonder how the majority of folk rationalise their viewpoint surrounding this situation without being seen as massively hypocritical?
What makes this worse than Colonial shutting down from a cyber attack?
When this happened it was real edge of your seat stuff. I couldn't get enough of the podcasts covering this, nor of the book "countdown to zero". This was one of the first reports on the subject https://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/07/experts-warn-of-new-wind... * EDIT removed two paragraphs with wrong information
Technical wonder aside, the argument for using nuclear power over fossil fuels really hits a faultline in situations like this. I wonder how the majority of folk rationalise their viewpoint surrounding this situation without being seen as massively hypocritical?
Additionally, most countries don't have the resources to pull off something like Stuxnet, and the ones that do have much more to gain through corporate and government espionage.
Technically, Stuxnet was and is an absolute masterpiece. Infiltration (dropper/1. Main.c): Stuxnet infiltrated systems by exploiting vulnerabilities in Windows. It often spread through infected USB drives. When a user plugged the USB into a computer, Stuxnet would use these vulnerabilities to install itself. In the dropper/1. Main.c file, the DllMain function is where this initial infiltration mechanism is initiated.…
Looks like most of this reply is ChatGPT generated... "but the specific code targeting PLCs might be in other parts of the codebase that aren't as clearly identified" is something I've seen it generate when I asked details about a codebase as well, but it didn't have all the details.
But probably for the best, considering the havoc EternalBlue caused.
Technical wonder aside, the argument for using nuclear power over fossil fuels really hits a faultline in situations like this. I wonder how the majority of folk rationalise their viewpoint surrounding this situation without being seen as massively hypocritical?
A nuclear plant is just as weaponizable as any large dam...