Iran's nuclear facility hit by AC/DC-loving malware

posted over 12 years ago

Recently, Iran's nuclear facility was hit by malware that "shut down some of the facility's automated processes" and "prompted several of the group's computers to being playing the song "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC in the middle of the night, and at full volume" according to Yahoo!News. Read more:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/iran-nuclear-energy-facility-hit-malware-plays-ac-203806981.html

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/iran-nuclear-facility-hit-by-computer-worm-that-plays-acdc/story-e6frgakx-1226434490835

(edited over 12 years ago)

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posted	July 24, 2012
sponsor	Itamar Gnatt
topics	Community News & Opinion
tags	ac-dc community-news-and-opinion computer iran malware nuclear thunderstruck
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