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The stuxnet worm, while not as cuttingedge as many media reports suggested, set a new standard in weaponized malware. Delve deep into the burgeoning world of digital warfare in this. Stuxnet is computer malware first discovered in july, 2010 that mainly targeted windows pcs and other industrial software and equipment. Join me on facebook protected under the creative commons license for reuse. Stuxnet was launched in 2009 and 2010, and possibly 2008 as well, and targeted cascades and centrifuges at the natanz uranium enrichment plantin iran. Additionally, stuxnet uses a builtin peertopeer network to update old instances of itself to the latest version present on a local network.
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