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August 4, 2012

Stuxnet thwarted by control code update

Filed under: Uncategorized — admin @ 12:15 am

by the BBC

German engineering giant Siemens has issued a fix for the software loopholes used by the notorious Stuxnet worm. Stuxnet was discovered in 2010 after investigations into malfunctions at many industrial plants and factories. Iran’s nuclear enrichment efforts were hit hard by Stuxnet which targeted the devices that control delicate industrial processes. The fix comes as reports circulate of a fresh cyber attack on Iranian nuclear enrichment project.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18968233#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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