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This is juvenile Monday-morning quarterbacking. Stuxnet was the first (as far as we know). It was revolutionary at the time. Of course its authors didn't kno

This is juvenile Monday-morning quarterbacking. Stuxnet was the first (as far as we know). It was revolutionary at the time. Of course its authors didn't know how agressive antivirus researchers would be, agressive largely because of the fascinating complexity of the code. Almost all malware gets a cursory glance and thrown in the bitbucket after processing. The first one of anything is always the crudest. Getting away with industrial, state-sponsored cyber-sabotage is a huge step.

blotter_paper 7y ago
> The first one of anything is always the crudest. Getting away with industrial, state-sponsored cyber-sabotage is a huge step. I know the claim is disputed, but if the CIA did cause the Trans-Siberian pipeline to explode in the '80s then that would count as prior art. Even if true it was nowhere near as complicated as Stuxnet, of course.