Stuxnet was malware that flashed around the world via Microsoft computers, triggering arbitrary BSODs and random reboots. In 2010 cybersecurity firms captured and began analyzing the worm. Stuxnet (name derived from merging two random lines in the code) had digital certificates. Digital certificates require biometrics (human identification) and pass codes. But Stuxnet could attain access without that. It ominously coded multiple zero days exploit. Symantec's investigators see maybe one a year, looking at thousands of lines of code. Stuxnet had four. As we learn in the documentary, it also had …
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Zero Days
Overview
Alex Gibney explores the phenomenon of Stuxnet, a self-replicating computer virus discovered in 2010 by international IT experts. Evidently commissioned by the US and Israeli governments, this malware was designed to specifically sabotage Iran’s nuclear programme. However, the complex computer worm ended up not only infecting its intended target but also spreading uncontrollably.
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08/07/2016
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Yossi Melman
Self
Ralph Langner
Self
Emad Kiyaei
Self
Richard A. Clarke
Self
Eric Chien
Self
Liam O'Murchu
Self
George W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
Hillary Clinton
Self (archive footage)
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Self (archive footage)
Abdul Qadeer Khan
Self (archive footage)
Barack Obama
Self (archive footage)
Benjamin Netanyahu
Self (archive footage)
Joanne Tucker
NSA Character
Allison Cohn
Background Performer
Camilo Quiroz-Vazquez
Background Performer
Tadashi Mitsui
Background Performer
Julian Seltzer
Background Performer
Joe Lieberman
Self (archive footage)
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