"develop four previously unknown zero-day attacks and a peer-to-peer communications system, compromise digital certificates belonging to Realtek Semiconductor and JMicron Technology, and display extensive knowledge of industrial systems."
then why did this happen?
"In recent weeks, they've broken the cryptographic code behind the software"
They're talking about the encryption of the executable code and data of the worm itself. It can't run if it doesn't decrypt itself at some point. It's not meant to be bombproof, it's just another hurdle.
"develop four previously unknown zero-day attacks and a peer-to-peer communications system, compromise digital certificates belonging to Realtek Semiconductor and JMicron Technology, and display extensive knowledge of industrial systems."
then why did this happen?
"In recent weeks, they've broken the cryptographic code behind the software"