A complex computer worm has infected the personal computers of staff at Iran's first nuclear power station, the official IRNA news agency reported.
However, the operating system at the Bushehr plant - due to go online in a few weeks - has not been harmed, project manager Mahmoud Jafari said.
The Stuxnet worm is capable of seizing control of industrial plants.
Some Western experts say its complexity suggests it could only have been created by a "nation state".
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An electronic war has been launched against Iran”
Mahmoud Liayi
Ministry of industries
It is the first sign that Stuxnet, which targets systems made by the German company Siemens, has reached equipment linked to Iran's nuclear programme.
The West fears Iran's ultimate goal is to build nuclear weapons. Iran says its programme is aimed solely at peaceful energy use.
Stuxnet is tailored to target weaknesses in Siemens systems used to manage water supplies, oil rigs, power plants and other utilities.
'Electronic war'
The fact that Stuxnet has now been detected on the personal computers of staff will have no impact on plans to make the Bushehr plant operational next month, Mr Jafari said.
A team is now trying to remove the malicious software, or malware, from several affected computers, he told IRNA.
It is believed to be the first-known worm designed to target major infrastructure facilities.
"An electronic war has been launched against Iran", Mahmoud Liayi, head of the information technology council at the ministry of industries, told the state-run Iran Daily newspaper.
A working group of experts met last week to discuss ways of fighting the worm, which Mr Liayi said has now infected about 30,000 IP addresses in
Iran.
SOURCE:[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11414483[/url]
...Which is why nuclear plants should be allowed to be built only in first-world, developed countries.
Because that country is openly aggressive with its enemies.
[QUOTE=Janizaurd;25073908]...Which is why nuclear plants should be allowed to be built only in first-world, developed countries.[/QUOTE]
Or a better idea, which will have been taken, is to not connect the fucking crucial systems to the internet.
Honestly, I'm pretty sure that has been taken into consideration, and then done otherwise the system would have been infected and crippled.
Also, [QUOTE]Some Western experts say its complexity suggests it could only have been created by a "nation state".[/QUOTE]
HOHOHOHOH HOH HO!!! THE PLOT!! SHE THICKENS!!!
And yet, they don't have NOD32 or shit like that. What is wrong with Iran and computers these days.
I don't see why they need to have any connection to the internet at all. It's just too risky.
tHEY SHOULD OF USED nORTON.
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Oh, fucked that up.
[QUOTE=Janizaurd;25073908]...Which is why nuclear plants should be allowed to be built only in first-world, developed countries.[/QUOTE]
I don't think you realize that Iran is a pretty developed and modern country, if steeped in Persian culture. It has the 16th largest economy in the world!
Isn't this, like, clocks?
[QUOTE=Randdalf;25074171]I don't think you realize that Iran is a pretty developed and modern country, if steeped in Persian culture. It has the 16th largest economy in the world![/QUOTE]
You don't know what those words mean do you?
nice try 4chan
*Ensuing meltdown occurs*
[QUOTE=Haxxer;25074112]I don't see why they need to have any connection to the internet at all. It's just too risky.[/QUOTE]
This.
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"An electronic war has been launched against Iran"
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Hi Iran, welcome to the 21st century.
Why would a nuclear plant use Windows? Wouldn't make more sense to use a closed source linux based platform? Only allow specific flash drives to be used, and monitored constantly, and have a closed network.
[QUOTE=Janizaurd;25073908]...Which is why nuclear plants should be allowed to be built only in first-world, developed countries.[/QUOTE]
Like Iran!
Which has a development index score close to China's, and not all that far from much of Europe.
If only the worm triggered a nuclear meltdown of some sort.
inb4 they blame it on America as revenge for the 9/11 questions
The best part about this is that Siemens recommends [B]not[/B] changing the default passwords.
[url]http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20011095-83.html[/url]
[QUOTE=LinuX;25074088]And yet, they don't have NOD32 or shit like that. What is wrong with Iran and computers these days.[/QUOTE]
Because all antiviruses like NOD32 are like patching up holes in ship with duct tape. I bet they have it, but competent coder can always make virus that won't be detected by them, at least until the developer of antivirus adds it to the database, which can take days, or much more.
"Missile launch pending approval"
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