Episode 9 - Stuxnet. The Worm that Crashed Iran’s Nuclear Program

How was an entire country's nuclear program completely derailed by a computer virus engineered by a foreign government? This is the story of Stuxnet. The most dangerous computer worm in history.

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Created, Produced & Hosted by Keith Korneluk

Written & Researched by Jonah Svihus

Edited, Mixed & Mastered by Greg Bernhard

Theme Song “You Are Digital” by Computerbandit

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Sources:

http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2015/ph241/holloway1/

https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-real-story-of-stuxnet

https://www.wired.com/2014/11/countdown-to-zero-day-stuxnet/

https://www.wired.com/2011/02/stuxnet-five-main-target/

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/world/middleeast/16stuxnet.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/world/middleeast/30worm.html?searchResultPosition=13

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/world/middleeast/26iran.html?searchResultPosition=20

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/world/middleeast/19stuxnet.html?searchResultPosition=7

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/stuxnet-was-work-of-us-and-israeli-experts-officials-say/2012/06/01/gJQAlnEy6U_story.html

https://www.timesofisrael.com/dutch-mole-planted-infamous-stuxnet-virus-in-iran-nuclear-site-report/

https://news.yahoo.com/revealed-how-a-secret-dutch-mole-aided-the-us-israeli-stuxnet-cyber-attack-on-iran-160026018.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS01Hmjv1pQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g0pi4J8auQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Joc0iTX9dyQ

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/washington/20iran.html

https://www.amazon.com/Zero-Days-Colonel-Gary-Brown/dp/B01I2EJOW0

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/21/israel.iran

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVmIRuOEbVM

https://science.howstuffworks.com/uranium-centrifuge.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvgWJKSf4LQ

https://eugene.kaspersky.com/2011/11/02/the-man-who-found-stuxnet-sergey-ulasen-in-the-spotlight/