Stuxnet: The Worm

Target: Iran’s Nuclear Industry

Onur Inanc
DataDrivenInvestor
Published in
6 min readJan 24, 2021

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Purpose: Reaching to Siemens step 7 to enter the PLC is the main goal. In this way, Stuxnet can control the centrifuges’ operation.
Type: Worm
Method: Zero-day about remote code execution

Stuxnet, referred to by the developers as the Olympic games, targeted Iran’s nuclear power plants by affecting the…

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