Stuxnet

Ever heard of “Operation Olympic Games” in terms of a cyber attack?
Behind this rather friendly name lurks one of the most complex,
dangerous and targeted piece of malware ever discovered, causing
noticeable harm in real life: Stuxnet. Because not only criminals
hack themselves into computers – also nation states attack each
other via software: The worm strategically sabotaged the
centrifuges of the Iranian uranium enrichment facility and is the
reason why nations today are challenged to not only protect their
physical borders, but also their cyber information space. In this
episode our experts Rüdiger Peusquens, Head of Cyber Defense at
Deutsche Telekom Security and Lando Pietsch, former Chief of the
German Cyber and Information Domain Service, discuss how Stuxnet
became the first cyber weapon the world has seen, the circumstances
behind the attack and what consequences followed. You want to hear
more? Check out the Telekom-Podcast-Page and get the full “podcast
dosis”.