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Wiper is a cousin of the notorious Stuxnet virus, which was built by the NSA -- while Alexander was in charge -- in cooperation with Israeli intelligence. Have
by geetee 12y ago
Wiper is a cousin of the notorious Stuxnet virus, which was built by the NSA -- while Alexander was in charge -- in cooperation with Israeli intelligence.
Have the Stuxnet creators actually been proven to be the US and Israel? I thought it was still speculation (but almost certainly true).
- DCKing 12y agoThere was a lot of circumstantial evidence pointing to this fact already, and Snowden finally confirmed this last year in an interview with Der Spiegel [1]. [1]: http://cryptome.org/2013/07/snowden-spiegel-13-0707-en.htm http://cryptome.org/2013/07/snowden-spiegel-13-0707-en.htm
- geetee 12y agoAh thanks. I had read about a lot of evidence pointing in the USA's direction, but didn't realize Snowden also confirmed it. Arguably still hearsay, but certainly adds more weight to it.
- DCKing 12y agoIn addition to the Snowden confirmation, there were some press leaks in 2012 that appear to have confirmed it earlier [1]. Apparently there's still some investigations going on within the U.S. government about who leaked it. I'd say it's a pretty clear-cut case who was behind Stuxnet. [1] http://www.wired.com/2013/06/general-keith-alexander-cyberwar/all/ http://www.wired.com/2013/06/general-keith-alexander-cyberwa...