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Foreign hackers breached a US nuclear weapons plant via SharePoint flaws

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433 points zdw | 1 comments | 21 Oct 25 15:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.255s | source
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reenorap ◴[21 Oct 25 17:16 UTC] No.45658455[source]▶
There needs to be a law that all nuclear and nuclear-adjacent facilities have no connection to the Internet. The fact it's allowed is unbelievable.
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0_____0 ◴[21 Oct 25 18:13 UTC] No.45659433[source]▶
Being airgapped didn't help Iran avoid Stuxnet.
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sgjohnson ◴[21 Oct 25 18:20 UTC] No.45659531[source]▶
That also had a HUMINT element.
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1. aspenmayer ◴[21 Oct 25 19:41 UTC] No.45660669[source]▶
It’s possible that the (un)timely demise of the individual involved also had a HUMINT element as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Olympic_Games#Histor...

> Dutch engineer Erik van Sabben allegedly infiltrated the Natanz nuclear facility on behalf of Dutch intelligence and installed equipment infected with Stuxnet. He died two weeks after the Stuxnet attack at age 36 in an apparent single-vehicle motorcycle accident in Dubai.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_van_Sabben