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International News Title: Dirty Deeds: Iranian nuclear program hit by 'AC/DC virus'? Iranian nuclear facilities have reportedly been attacked by a “music” virus, turning on lab PCs at night and blasting AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck.” Mikko Hypponen, Chief Researcher at Finnish digital security firm F-secure, publicly released a letter he received from an unnamed Iranian scientist. The researcher, who claimed to work for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), said that another virus has struck the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran and a secret underground research facility at Fordo, southwest of Tehran. The letter’s author reported that the virus shut down equipment (made by Germany’s Siemens Corporation) and automated systems at both research centers. Hypponen published the letter on his blog, but cautioned that there is no way for him to verify the accusations. He was able to confirm, however, that the letter did originate from the AEOI’s servers. The letter, which was reportedly sent to various cybersecurity experts, said that Metasploit’s Penetration Testing Software had been used to direct this new attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. The scientist stressed that he is not a cybersecurity specialist, and does not have detailed information on the virus. “There was also some music playing randomly on several of the workstations during the middle of the night with the volume maxed out. I believe it was playing ‘Thunderstruck’ by AC/DC,” the scientist wrote. If true, this attack is the third hacking attempt aimed at Tehran’s controversial nuclear program. In 2010, the state-of-the-art Stuxnet virus set Iran’s nuclear ambitions back by at least two years. In May 2012, experts at Russia’s Kaspersky Laboratories exposed another Trojan virus called Flame, which was designed to spy on web activity in Iran and some Middle Eastern countries. Russian cybersecurity experts labeled Flame “probably the most complicated virus ever.” Iran claimed to have found a way to neutralize Flame.
Poster Comment: Comments I found on the source site turtles (unregistered) July 25, 2012, 01:45 +1 id imagine this is just a the people who are planting backdoors playing a 'ha ha' joke..seeing as the facility was struck by lightening, maybe someone on the other end got wind and thought itd be cute to play the song..anyone who used programs like "back orif.(had to abreviate, apparently its considered an 'obscene word by RT)" and the like back in the day knows how easy it was would be to play a song via a trojan app...altho, the nutjobs above ranting about weather control are pretty amusing.. i guess? lol Hidden (unregistered) July 25, 2012, 01:22 -3 If you don't know about weather manipulators, then you should check out the video on youtube of a man literally lighting snow on fire. The snow did not melt but instead ignited!!! Now you tell me if normal snow does that. If people are trying to discredit the video, then you know its the gov. End game my friend. Robert Birtch (unregistered) July 25, 2012, 00:30 -1 x (unregistered) wrote in #19 Did anyone else pick up on a report about a nuclear facility being struck by ligtning in Iran? I Can't seem to find it now? The song choice "Thunderstruck" was this a demonstration of weather manipulation? That would seem to be the case. I was unaware that any nation had a Weather Dominator
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