Nsa

Stuxnet, what a badass story - I can’t believe no one has made a movie about this yet. The US goverment wanted to derail Iran’s nuclear program, but diplomacy prevented them from launching a kinetic attack… sort of. Instead, the NSA writes a worm specifically targeting computers used by Iran’s nuclear program to administer Seimens control units that operate centrifuges used to produce weapons-grade uranium. By subtly altering their spin rates, Stuxnet malware caused physical degradation while simultaneously feeding false data to monitoring systems, ensuring the sabotage remained undetected for an extended period. By the time the malware was discovered, Iran’s nuclear weapons production capabilities are delayed significantly. ...