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I imagine that some of the people working on those cyberweapons also read HN. I wish they could talk more about it (wink wink).

• jlgaddis 14y ago
  Most of those involved in working on Stuxnet likely did not (and, in many cases, probably still do not) know what they were actually working on.
  • JakeSc 14y ago
    This is perhaps true, yet to the same extent that it would be true of any other secret weapon's deployment. For example, let us consider the development and deployment of Stuxnet to be analogous to a miniature Manhattan Project. What proportion of the physicists and engineers in the Manhattan Project do you think were aware that they were building a large bomb? I would guess as much as 20% of the personnel directly involved with development knew what the project was. This includes the "integrators" - project managers and people in similar roles that need to know how different pieces fit together. I imagine the same is true of Stuxnet.
    • sneak 14y ago
      A 20% figure would be consistent with his assertion of "most".