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There are a lot of hands involved in something like stuxnet and flame. You have code breakers looking at standard hash and encryption algorithms, looking for we
by kyrra 14y ago
There are a lot of hands involved in something like stuxnet and flame. You have code breakers looking at standard hash and encryption algorithms, looking for weaknesses. You have coders that are writing all the data gathering tools. Other teams working on propagation. A team doing c&c server setup, development. Plus who knows what else.
A lot of the research done for stuxnet and flame are probably more general, but were applied for these attacks. This was executed by a number of researchers and developers. Led and organized by managers.
Welcome to the inside of the NSA, where a lot of bright math and compsci grads work.
- sliverstorm 14y agoWelcome to the inside of the NSA, where a lot of bright math and compsci grads work. How it should be, IMO. Seems to me the NSA is on the short list of places you would absolutely want to staff with (some of) your best-and-brightest.
- nitrogen 14y agoHow it should be, IMO. Seems to me the NSA is on the short list of places you would absolutely want to staff with (some of) your best-and-brightest. Assuming, of course, that you agree with the mission and methods of the NSA.