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A secret Dutch mole aided the CIA and Mossad's 2007 Stuxnet cyber attack on Iran

28 pointsby GiulioSover 5 years ago

2 comments

sterlindover 5 years ago
&quot;August 1945&quot; is a bit of a stretch. Cyberattacks can be severely devastating (for instance, if Russia had opted to spin Ukraine&#x27;s generators out of phase when they attacked with DarkEnergy, they could have literally destroyed the power grid), and it&#x27;s hard to objectively gauge impact of things like the DNC leaks, but subtle sabotage and espionage are old tools of tradecraft, and it was inevitable that nation-state APTs would emerge.<p>It&#x27;s fascinating to learn more of how these attacks work though, and how human assets are used alongside cutting-edge zerodays.
ryackoover 5 years ago
All the Iranian enrichment tubes are manufactured by Siemens.<p>It might be as simple as barring Siemens from selling to Iran.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;new.siemens.com&#x2F;ir&#x2F;en.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;new.siemens.com&#x2F;ir&#x2F;en.html</a>