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[rwac]

Cyber Warfare: Iran's Nuclear Computer 'Forced to Play AC/DC' by Computer Malware

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July 24, 2012 10:50 AM GMT

A computer malware has allegedly attacked computer systems in Iran forcing them to play AC/DC's Thunderstruck at full volume in the middle of the night, according to a computer security researcher.
Mikko Hypponen, lead researcher at the Finnish computer security firm F-Secure, reported in his blog that a scientist working at the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) sent him an e-mail about his systems getting hit by a cyber-attack.

http://www.ibtimes.c...it-hypponen.htm

Edited by rwac, 24 July 2012 - 04:45 PM.

[Brainbox]

Hehe, cool.

Reminds me of old times, when I was still a software programmer using UNIX. In our development network, that did not have any internal firewall or other security feature, it was very easy to start remote shells on colleagues' workstations. Although old times, the state of the art SUN graphical workstations did also posses good audio capabilities. Several Friday afternoons the very loud sounds of F1 racing, playing on almost every workstation that was switched on, were clearly audible through the entire office building.....

[maxwatt]

Those were the days. I was rshelled on to an unassigned Sparc workstation in my area, and when an unsuspecting soul sat down to use it, the speaker said loudly: "don't touch that keyboard". He jumped a foot in the air and ran off. We never saw him again.

[Turnbuckle]

Double hearsay based on a single anonymous source. I wouldn't give it any credit. Especially as it gives unnecessary information about which locations were targeted, which I'll bet were included just to give it that authentic feeling. The hoaxer was probably an AC/DC fan.

Edited by Turnbuckle, 25 July 2012 - 04:59 PM.