3 ms·
As far as I can tell, Stuxnet did what it was supposed to do, and left no provable trace to its authors. Seriously, what more could the authors want? Additiona
by perlgeek 16y ago
As far as I can tell, Stuxnet did what it was supposed to do, and left no provable trace to its authors.
Seriously, what more could the authors want? Additional sophistication, just to keep some random bloggers happy?
I'm pretty sure their mission was "destroy some Uranium centrifuges" and not "create the perfect stealth cyber weapon". They succeeded at the former, so it doesn't matter that they "failed" at the latter.
- tptacek 16y agoHow about "not disclosing the manner in which it disrupted the target, thus leaving precisely the same avenue of attack open at multiple sites in the future"? The fact that this is plastered all over the newspaper would, were this a professional intelligence operation, be a major flaw in the operation. So much so that I don't think that's what it is.
- MichaelSalib 16y agoThe goal was not to destroy centrifuges per se; the goal was to delay the enrichment program. More delay is better. By failing to cloak the payload, Stuxnet's creators ensured they'd get less delay.