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episode 17: Stuxnet
John tackles the Stuxnet virus intended to disrupt Uranium Enrichment in 2010 in Iran and in the process explores what SCADA is, how to purify Uranium and of course, the anatomy of the Stuxnet worm.
With Ben Alexander and John Chidgey.
Related Links:
- SCADA
- W32 Stuxnet Dossier (PDF)
- ISIS NuclearIran › Nuclear Sites › Natanz
- Gas centrifuge
- Uranium
- Atomic number
- Federation of American Scientists :: How a Centrifuge Works
- SCADA History (DOCX)
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