Wow - More than 30 programmers built Stuxnet worm
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At a small conference on cybersecurity sponsored by TechAmerica, Symantec's Brian Tillett put a number on the size of the team that built the virus. He said that traces of more than 30 programmers have been found in source code.Gee, you think there's a government behind that? Hmmm.
Another tidbit that I hadn't seen reported elsewhere is that the peer-to-peer network built into the worm was encrypted. And not only was it encrypted, Tillett noted, but encrypted to FIPS 140-2 standards, which -- judging by the noise of the crowd -- is very impressive to security geeks.
Labels: FIPS 140-2, Iran, nuclear weapons, Stuxnet, Symantec
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