Fast16: High-precision software sabotage 5 years before Stuxnet
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Re: Fast16: High-precision software sabotage 5 years before Stuxnet
#2The submitted article appears to be an LLM summary of https://www.sentinelone.com/labs/fast16-mystery-shadowbroker...
Re: Fast16: High-precision software sabotage 5 years before Stuxnet
#3The submitted article appears to be an LLM summary of https://www.sentinelone.com/labs/fast16-mystery-shadowbroker...
No clue if the link that I posted is an AI summary. I also just found it somewhere.
But indeed many more details in the link you shared. Thanks for posting this!
Re: Fast16: High-precision software sabotage 5 years before Stuxnet
#4The submitted article appears to be an LLM summary of https://www.sentinelone.com/labs/fast16-mystery-shadowbroker...
I think LLMs would do a better job.
I was about to respond saying what a terrible article it was, as it reads as if the author has no idea what he was talking about. Attempting to paraphrase the original article would explain it.
Re: Fast16: High-precision software sabotage 5 years before Stuxnet
#5Haha it's a fun finding though; The source control comment feels a little off; I'm sure there were SCCS (hmm or did cvs use similar?) still around at that time.
Re: Fast16: High-precision software sabotage 5 years before Stuxnet
#6The submitted article appears to be an LLM summary of https://www.sentinelone.com/labs/fast16-mystery-shadowbroker...
I don't see how it can be an LLM summary of that page given that it mentions many things that your link doesn't.
Edit: Old link for those wondering, since it got changed: https://hackingpassion.com/fast16-pre-stuxnet-cyber-sabotage...
Re: Fast16: High-precision software sabotage 5 years before Stuxnet
#7My favorite part of this was:
That kind of notation, called SCCS/RCS, is the equivalent of finding a rotary phone in a modern office. Nobody uses it in 2005 Windows kernel code unless their programming background goes back decades, to government and military computing environments
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The astrophysics lab I worked at in 2006 was still using svn and had a bunch of Fortran with references to systems from the 70s and 80s. The code ran perfectly well thanks to modern optimizing compilers and having moved from Vax to Linux in the 90s, it was a surprisingly seamless transition.
It reminds me of a conference talk I’ve referenced before “do over or make due” basically implying rewriting large amounts of mostly functioning code was not worth the effort if it could be taped together with modern tools.
Re: Fast16: High-precision software sabotage 5 years before Stuxnet
#8The submitted article appears to be an LLM summary of https://www.sentinelone.com/labs/fast16-mystery-shadowbroker...
> This one did not destroy machines or blow things up. It corrupted the math.
This LLM style of writing has had it's day.
Re: Fast16: High-precision software sabotage 5 years before Stuxnet
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Re: Fast16: High-precision software sabotage 5 years before Stuxnet
#10The submitted article appears to be an LLM summary of https://www.sentinelone.com/labs/fast16-mystery-shadowbroker...
I don't see how it can be an LLM summary of that page given that it mentions many things that your link doesn't. Edit: Old link for those wondering, since it got changed: https://hackingpassion.com/fast16-pre-stuxnet-cyber-sabotage...
Such as?