The Mystery of Stuxnet | Cracking the Code | 1

American Innovations

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Steven Johnson, History, Kids & Family, Education For Kids, Science

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In the summer of 2010, a mysterious computer virus called Stuxnet lands on the desk of Symantec cybersecurity analyst Liam O’Murchu. Stuxnet is unlike anything O’Murchu has ever seen: a highly sophisticated piece of malware that serves no obvious purpose. O’Murchu and his colleagues are determined to figure out how it works and who’s behind it -- but soon, it becomes clear that Stuxnet might be more than they bargained for.

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0:24.3	It's Friday, July 16, 2010, a little after 9am in Culver City, California.
0:31.4	Liam Ommerkou strides into his office at Semantic, one of the leading cybersecurity firms in
0:37.1	the world.
0:38.1	Although it has a fancy name, the Threat Analysis Lab, it's a drab office populated by
0:44.0	cubicles.
0:45.0	There's no art on the walls and only one set of windows.
0:48.9	Ommerkou is 32 years old with a round face and short brown hair that sticks up at the
0:53.8	front.
0:54.8	His Irish bro booms as he greets his colleagues.
0:58.2	Cheers, Deb!
0:59.6	TGIF, am I right, Nate?
1:01.7	Hey Jake, tell me you saw the game last night.
1:04.9	At his cubicle, he slings his messenger bag onto the floor and plops into his chair.
1:10.0	He logs into each of his three computers.
1:12.9	Two were research computers, isolated from the company network and kept offline, so they
1:17.6	can't spread any of the viruses he studies.
1:21.0	The third is connected to the internet.
1:23.6	Ommerkou checks his email to see what's come in from the Dublin office, which is just
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