Stuxnet, or how to destroy a centrifuge with a small piece of code

Written by gershwin.aaron | Published 2019/07/31
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TLDR Stuxnet, or how to destroy a centrifuge with a small piece of code, was a surprise to cyber security communities. The small computer worm, just a half a megabyte in size, managed to infiltrate Iran’s nuclear facilities and destroy about one-fifth of uranium enrichment centrifuges. The worm is impressive from the beginning to the end: the way it injects itself into the system, erases its traces, replicates, and, in the very end, manages to damage uranium enrichment.via the TL;DR App

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Written by gershwin.aaron | Cyber security copy writer, tech support with a degree in political science
Published by HackerNoon on 2019/07/31