OT NSA has some good hackers!

With out getting into politics here, I read this today and find it almost hard to believe. The quote is discussing the prep work NSA did to insert the Stuxnet Worm into Iran's nuclear centrifuges.
" Armed with that intelligence, so-called network exploitation specialists then developed software implants known as beacons, which worked like surveillance drones, mapping out a blueprint of the network and then secretly communicating the data back to the NSA. (Flame, the complex piece of surveillance malware discovered by Russian cybersecurity experts last year, was likely one such beacon.) The surveillance drones worked brilliantly. The NSA was able to extract data about the Iranian networks, listen to and record conversations through computer microphones, even reach into the mobile phones of anyone within Bluetooth range of a compromised machine." Wired
Did anyone know that this was even remotely possible? Do you think the Iranians have put an air gap between their network and the web?
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Holy James Bond, Batman...

 

An air-gap is a basic element of any secure network. However, Stuxnet was designed to bridge an air-gap on USB memory sticks to propagate. Consultants unknowingly brought it into the secure networks. Once inside it looked for the specific PLC setup Iran uses to control their uranium enrichment centrifuges. Then it sent operators a good status while actually changing the motor RPM up and down, causing motor and bearing failures. Clever indeed.

 

If it can be built, it can be hacked.

 

Maybe some Iranian , afghan or north-korean hackers are doing the same thing with the USA nuclear plants .... Sabotaging the cooling systems (let them think all is allright), for a nice meltdown.... who knows ?

 

Nope, the Iranians confined their revenge to the Saudis (Aramco) where they wiped out 75% of their hard drives, the Quatari national gas co, and US financial services companies. Read this if you want to know where this is going: NSA Snooping Was Only the Beginning. Meet the Spy Chief Leading Us Into Cyberwar | Threat Level | Wired.com
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Well... One thing is for sure. Because we discussed this... We are all on the terrorist watch list!

Next up? MK Ultra!

 

Rick, Is that you "borrowing" the neighbors wifi?

 

:laugh: :laugh::laugh: OMG you guys are killing me here.

 

Yep, Saudi Aramco is the company we are contracted out too, I remember when all of this happened. They couldn't confirm id cards at the gate, etc, it was a mess.

 

ROTFLMFAO Right on Shawn. Thanks.

 

Good one! Not me... But a neighbor... LOL