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Documentary: Zero Days - StephenG1CMZ - 01-26-2017 04:36 PM
I saw this TV programme on BBC recently - In my opinion it is the best program of the decade.
It is about using a virus to hack into real-world industrial equipment.
The demo showing a balloon being inflated safely until hacked, then showing what happened to the balloon after the hack, made for great TV.
I wonder if anyone else has any views on the technical accuracy of the content.
RE: Documentary: Zero Days - toml_12953 - 01-26-2017 04:55 PM
(01-26-2017 04:36 PM)StephenG1CMZ Wrote: I saw this TV programme on BBC recently - In my opinion it is the best program of the decade.
It is about using a virus to hack into real-world industrial equipment.
The demo showing a balloon being inflated safely until hacked, then showing what happened to the balloon after the hack, made for great TV.
I wonder if anyone else has any views on the technical accuracy of the content.
Remember Stuxnet, the USA-created virus program that destroyed Iran's centerfuges in order to delay their nuclear program?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet
Tom L
RE: Documentary: Zero Days - StephenG1CMZ - 01-26-2017 05:39 PM
(01-26-2017 04:55 PM)toml_12953 Wrote:(01-26-2017 04:36 PM)StephenG1CMZ Wrote: I saw this TV programme on BBC recently - In my opinion it is the best program of the decade.
It is about using a virus to hack into real-world industrial equipment.
The demo showing a balloon being inflated safely until hacked, then showing what happened to the balloon after the hack, made for great TV.
I wonder if anyone else has any views on the technical accuracy of the content.
Remember Stuxnet, the USA-created virus program that destroyed Iran's centerfuges in order to delay their nuclear program?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet
Tom L
I don't remember the name (except from that documentary, which is about that particular "industrial equipment").
I had heard rumours and news reports about it, but news reports can be biased, with both sides blaming each other - it was difficult to know who or how much to take on trust.
It wasnt until watching this and seeing the technical details of how the virus had been investigated that I could see how believable it was technically.