Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Symantec Demonstrates how a virus can impact Nuclear reactors.

This post is an excerpt from Stuxnet Designed Specifically to Sabotage Iran's Nuclear Facilities.
Stuxnet Designed Specifically to Sabotage Iran's Nuclear Facilities
By Curt Hopkins / November 16, 2010 12:45 PM / 0 Comments
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Iranianflag.jpgStuxnet, the virus aimed at industrial computers, hit Iran's Bushehr nuclear facility in September. Given the virus attacked SCADA computer systems and Iran's first nuclear reactor recently went live, some specialists believed it may have been specifically aimed at Iran. New research bolsters the likelihood of this claim.