Understanding Stuxnet and Other Covert Responses to the Iranian Nuclear Program

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Lawrence Husick
Senior Fellow ·
The 17th largest country in the world, the Islamic Republic of Iran commands attention not just because of its burgeoning nuclear program but because of its many roles in world affairs -- as the most important state sponsor of terrorism, as leader of the "rejectionist front" vis-à-vis the Israel-Palestine conflict, as the inspiration for radical Islam elsewhere in the Muslim world. There is also the matter of its suppression of the Green Movement in 2009 and ever since. In this intensive weekend-long conference for high school teachers, we looked at Iran in its larger historical, cultural, and geopolitical context, with lectures by the best scholars in the country.

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@desmond-hawkins 3 жыл бұрын

54:14 "This is like if I told you there was a pandemic coming, and 60% of your fellow citizens refused to be vaccinated." Well, that sounds crazy and not at all like something that would totally happen.

@aarongzmn 3 жыл бұрын

LMAO, I just came across that part and had to rewind it to hear it again.

@redX1773 2 жыл бұрын

I am just at that position and had to check comments. That comment in the video aged well xD

@illusivemusings 3 жыл бұрын

I come back to watch this every once in awhile. Stuxnet blows my fkin mind.

@florianwicher 2 жыл бұрын

This is a great presentation that is easy to understand if you're not an expert.

@gabriela_sd260 4 жыл бұрын

Most professional video on this matter!

@clancyjames585 3 жыл бұрын

Watching in 2021. At roughly 54:20 he says "like there is a pandemic coming, and 60% of your fellow citizens refuse to be vaccinated". Ouch.

@LucasBurrell 2 жыл бұрын

People were predicting a pandemic for ages. It was only a matter of time

@dna9640 Жыл бұрын

@@LucasBurrell but still...

@safdaralli2567 Жыл бұрын

Watching this in 2023..and I'm thinking..premonition..did he know something about something and just didn't say it...btw there is another great video by Ralph Langer and his group on how they decoded and deciphered Stuxnet..if you're interested...

@GeorgeTsiros Ай бұрын

25:00 not the MOAB. That's not a penetrating bomb and it is carried by a c-130. Mr Lawrence _probably_ is referring to the _MOP_ which indeed is a penetrator and is carried by a b-2.

@tammyroyce8013 Жыл бұрын

Kind of like getting stuck in the road or something like that stuxnet you got it switch that x to a c

@woloabel 6 жыл бұрын

It is this scenario and its diplomacy that has a greater purpose in the artificial intelligence emporium: to develope a self-aware complex that is integrated in automatization and feedd on real time global data. In short, stuxnet like the internet are not events ocurring randomly eith an aimless global intent. One just hopes that the ppl immersed passionately and professionally be the victims of their intended weapon and that the innocent with due understanding be spared. This has not been the case so far....

@krazybubbler 5 жыл бұрын

Great talk!

@ManusRex 11 ай бұрын

@54:14 Most interesting part of the entire talk!

@cjonam 3 жыл бұрын

if IAEA was inspecting natanz, then didn't so many centrifuges vis a vis nuclear power plants ring any alarm bells?

@William_sJazzLoft 3 жыл бұрын

Not necessarily. You have to remember the code was designed in such a manner that it wouldn't disrupt the normal performance of the control and operating systems. It would begin its operations by searching in the most unobtrusive fashion for the controllers and when it found them it would silently collect data about the centrifuges and then go dormant. Then it would awaken and substitute its code in the PLC in such a manner that it would still indicate that the hardware was running within normal parameters. Without warning a rotor could gradually increase or decrease speed to a point where a pipe or control valve would sustain damage - all without any observation from an engineer or a technician.

@NinjaRunningWild 3 жыл бұрын

@@William_sJazzLoft He's not asking about Stuxnet itself. He's asking why didn't Iran having centrifuges at all make the inspectors alarmed given that they signed a non-proliferation treaty.

@William_sJazzLoft 3 жыл бұрын

@@NinjaRunningWild yeah i reread the question and now i see it

@ErebuBat 3 жыл бұрын

It DID raise alarm bells. The problem is that IAEA has no power to enforce anything. It can only inspect (and limited at that) and report.

@peterarsenault6010 2 жыл бұрын

Just curious, what the downsides of having a security clearance for him would be?

@MaxVerslappin48 Жыл бұрын

It’s a pain in the ass and extremely intrusive into your personal life. Especially if your getting a top secret or Q clearance.

@safdaralli2567 Жыл бұрын

Simple..in his position..having access to the kinds of information he would have access to..he now becomes a target..

@janneolson7523 3 жыл бұрын

Lol, the pandemic comment.....

@biturboism Жыл бұрын

😢

@garycsfunlife 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if I have this virus in my machine shop I use a lot of these high frequency controllers to run things like CNC machines or converted lathe machines it would definitely explain why I keep burning up stepper motors and it gives me a pretty good excuse as to why I keep burning up stepper motors 😂 lol I might be making light of this but this truly is a very serious issue I'm not trying to play that side down this is probably more dangerous than a nuclear weapon !

@joshuaklingensmith7843 Жыл бұрын

dang I never thought of that

@philippebokmaar2571 Жыл бұрын

Stuxnet? Only if you have exactly the same controller layout as Natanz. i.e 16 groups of like 4-25 plc's of that actual model... And Win7 or XP.

@ttrivett2000 2 жыл бұрын

Nitro Zeus?

@dsloop3907 3 жыл бұрын

4/11/2021---- Things have changed since this was made. Another cyber attack took place recently. The Texas power failure was very notable also, although it was natural and not cyberattack.

@VGBNDGRL 3 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking about this. I am from texas, and am learning about Stuxnet for a class assignment. Already, the snow storm incident has been shrugged off. The snow storm incident needs to help ramp up the cyber security to our grid. We are unbelievably unprepared and I don't think enough priority is being given to it. Knocking out a state like texas to that extent is severely dangerous.

@lachlanstanding7386 2 жыл бұрын

@@VGBNDGRL yeah, ya'll should really connect yourself to the rest of the grid...

@timdemarcoculture8569 3 жыл бұрын

34:11 2021 brought me here

@Tadesan Ай бұрын

The Cohen sisters did.

@GeorgeTsiros Ай бұрын

Yeah no it can't go through a keyboard nor through a printer.

@tammyroyce8013 Жыл бұрын

Start investigating lifenet up there in I said Texarkana

@tammyroyce8013 Жыл бұрын

Stuxnet oh did I stick you with a needle

@heatscore9407 7 жыл бұрын

well don't that beat all! a saggy wire just happened to "COINCIDENTALLY" help trigger the black out....ya ookaaay🤔🤔😉😉

@tammyroyce8013 Жыл бұрын

If they have the dogs that I made out of my mind I mean just taking things that you're just going to build a that came out dog instead of doll hunt down any dog named Tammy and take it out

@snowa_co 7 жыл бұрын

That's funny , america the only country that used 2 nuclear bomb against humanity , and Israel the only country that no one talks about their nuclear stockpiles

@TrueNorth13 2 жыл бұрын

People being people without mask…I miss this

@seanmckinnon5858 9 жыл бұрын

This guy thinks uranium235 glows in the dark... Wow!

@ramrodou812 8 жыл бұрын

mighta been talking figuratively. this guy is pretty smart. but, his suit doesn't fit properly.

@Tej517 4 жыл бұрын

He meant it emits radiation though not light which is processed by human vision system.

@markteague8889 3 жыл бұрын

@@ramrodou812 Govt workers can't afford Brooks Brothers. Obviously, doesn't dress for this kind of affair very often.

@berngonz3106 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations Can you explain who where whom gave to israel nukes

@ttrivett2000 Жыл бұрын

54:20 pandemic prediction

@tammyroyce8013 Жыл бұрын

But of course it's a trojan horse Trojans are horses not viruses

@andrewlankford9634 6 жыл бұрын

At 48:00 he starts to lose me. He's getting a little silly. If you launch an attack like this, don't leave any tracks. The Iranians are going to blame Israel and US regardless.

@LucasBurrell 2 жыл бұрын

Thats not how it normally works. Even in cyberspace most actions have ways to be tracked. You dont go to a murderer and say"don't leave any evidence" because its not possible.

@seanmckinnon5858 9 жыл бұрын

This guy lost credibility with me when he made the claim that in the 70s we *still* thought nuclear power was a safe and clean way to generate power"

@k_6946 4 жыл бұрын

Sean McKinnon I know I’m 4 years late, but it IS safe and clean compared to every other power source we have right now. Nuclear power has killed a minute fraction of what fossil fuel power has. Solar power is just as bad because once used there is no safe way to dispose of the toxic materials contained within solar cells. want to use wind power? Well that kills so many birds, the effect on the environment could be witnessed in a few years. Although nuclear power has had its fair share of incidents, the stigma surrounding it needs to be destroyed if we are to better the world. The fossil fuel industry however has helped to sway public opinion against nuclear, making that prospect far less likely.

@numspacsym 4 жыл бұрын

John Blob My impression is that you are in fact echoing the point OP was making, rather than countering it.

@shreddagorge 4 жыл бұрын

@@k_6946 Buildings and cars kill orders of magnitudes more birds than wind turbines - look it up. The wind industry is equipped with lots of procedures and technologies for wildlife mitigation.

@William_sJazzLoft 3 жыл бұрын

I saw one documentary which revealed that when a wind turbine reaches end of life the composite blades are incredibly difficult to dispose of. They are not 'green'

@NinjaRunningWild 3 жыл бұрын

@@shreddagorge Irrelevant. They still don't produce a fraction of the power nuclear does.

@berngonz3106 2 жыл бұрын

The song is the god shit

@user-rm5ul5ju6i 2 жыл бұрын

54:15 👀😵 dude just predicted covid-19!!!

@berngonz3106 2 жыл бұрын

1:12:13 time to know the evil

@ZESAUCEBOSS 8 ай бұрын

“Political theorists are not real people” 😂😂😂 Well some of them certainly don’t acknowledge reality……. that’s for sure!

@LethalBubbles 4 ай бұрын

warmonger

@berngonz3106 2 жыл бұрын

One year ago a found this problem in a plc7 siemens my partner tried to fix the problem and he loosed 4 finger Thanks divine people god is the worst trash for you

@shmeckle666 4 жыл бұрын

Zionist and Wahhabi special interests should piss of so the US and Iran can reach a detente. We did so with the USSR, we did it with China, we can do it with Iran. It's Zionist and Israeli special interests/lobbying groups that are preventing the US and Iran getting anywhere meaningful. We have worked with Iran before, we can do it again. Though, due to our pathetic history of not abiding by our agreements, or perpetually provoking Iran--I'll be surprised if Iran ever trusts us ever again enough to come to the table over anything and for anything. With the Trump administration in particular, the withdrawal from the JCPOA, maximum pressure campaign, and the constant provoking and dialing up said provoking, this is strictly a result of Zionist and Israeli lobbying and special interests--particularly influence from political Zionist jewish extremists, Sheldon Adelson. Its really pathetic that the US can't engage in its our foreign policy in the Middle East without our policy makers towing the Zionist/Likud/Israeli line. It's pitiful and disgusting. Zionist/Likud/Israeli interests are NOT US interests and they are NOT the same, they are actually mutually exclusive and polar opposites.

@berngonz3106 2 жыл бұрын

The better solution All the world people mus have nukes Not more david and samson story

@shmeckle666 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah Iran and their regional and global “inspiration of terrorism”. Not the regional and global spreading, funding and supporting of Wahhabism, Salafism but Saudi Arabia. What a woefully compromised and delusional way of thinking and policy direction. Typical and not surprising. This same way of thought and the utter hubris, misplaced exceptionalism and willful and woeful ignorance of the Is-Anglo-Zionist-Wahhabi axis is why this very same axis has, and will continue, to fail in their regional hegemonic interests, goals and agendas. And thank god for their failure and delusion, the region and the world will be a better and safer place. A balance of power is returning and is whats required for stability and peace. It’s not how it should be, but it is the way it has to be. Also, his understanding of ECM, jamming and spoofing of IADS is, well, pathetic.

@berngonz3106 2 жыл бұрын

People.of USA open your eyes You are.the waitress of the divine.people