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		VladRussian on Sept 21, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Was Stuxnet built to attack Iran's nuclear program... grep uranium \| grep -v U238 > /dev/reactor "according to screen shots of the plant posted by UPI, it uses the Windows-based Siemens PLC software targeted by Stuxnet." Windows in embedded systems. For nuclear reactors. Sounds promising.

varjag on Sept 22, 2010 [–]

Windows used as development and as visualization/monitoring environment. PLCs themselves are not running Windows.

VladRussian on Sept 22, 2010 | [–]

So, the windows part provide absolutely no control input into the system? Including no operator control input from PC?

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