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[Sir Pseudonymous]

The computers weren't connected to the internet. Stuxnet operated by infecting unpatched windows computers, then attempting to put itself in the autoexecute of portable media, deleting itself from the computer once successful enough. It was probably a little smarter than that, but that's the official overview of what it did. It managed to infect flash drives belonging to individuals working on the nuclear projects, who happened to be unimaginably stupid enough to plug those flash drives into the closed networks that operated the centrifuges, I believe it was. That proceeded to fuck them to hell, by exploiting flaws in their operating system that were patched out decades ago (the Iranians were running unpatched, pirated versions of the operating system). Ars Technica's had a number of articles on it, from back when it was actually happening.

[Aklyon]

You'd think nuclear facilities would be major enough to actually be patched. or Linux'd.

[darkrider2]

My understanding is that it infected the laptop of someone who worked there then it got into the system. Not every virus is something you download from the internet directly.

[alway]

My understanding is that it infected the laptop of someone who worked there then it got into the system. Not every virus is something you download from the internet directly.

In short, in the ideal setting, closed networks would be entirely impenetrable by viruses. In the real world, closed networks suffer from people who don't know which side of the flash drive they are supposed to insert into the monitor in order to watch videos on youtube. 

[darkrider2]

My understanding is that it infected the laptop of someone who worked there then it got into the system. Not every virus is something you download from the internet directly.

In short, in the ideal setting, closed networks would be entirely impenetrable by viruses. In the real world, closed networks suffer from people who don't know which side of the flash drive they are supposed to insert into the monitor in order to watch videos on youtube. 

Ah, the walmart method of hiring employees for your nuclear facility.

[Aklyon]

In related news, there is now rumors/news about a US lab supposedly helping Israel (or someone else near there) to make this.

[Dwarf]

Windows! Install Ubuntu on your nuclear device, end of problem noob!

Edit : end of problem

No, Mac, everyone knows that there are no viruses for macs.

yea and the most ridiculously licensed product out there. oh and the fact that viruses for the mac fucks it to stone age.

Surprise, they don't. What would you make believe that?

[Tellemurius]

i have been asked by people about viruses for their ibooks or whatever, i check their stuff and they got trolling viruses loaded up in their systems chewing up their bandwidth, they exist and make hell for you.

[Dwarf]

They eat up their bandwidth?
Compare that to the huge number of viri for non-*NIX systems doing far worse stuff.

[Tellemurius]

the funny part is that i have no idea on how to clean them , most windows infection has some way to clean them out but there is not much dedication for cleansing for macs cause they are "safe" anyway.

[Dwarf]

1. sudo kill (pid of whatever is bothering you)
2. sudo rm (the file running bothering you)

Also, most 'viri' on Mac OS X happen because people tend to input their admin password when asked to do so.
The way UNIX works, everything requires permissions, and the easiest way is to trick someone into giving them.

Of course, that procedure is quite blunt, but it'll work.

[Kogut]

Ars Technica's had a number of articles on it, from back when it was actually happening.

Thanks, very interesting articles. It is probably one of the most important events in this century.