Connection with computers were infected meaning that they didnt need to work from outside to get into. Maybe the first version of stuxnet was planted there and maybe they lost that access in subsequent versions and the maven the reason why they had to add zero days to spread. Host kim zetter has been with wired magazine since 2003. Prior to that, pc world. Ms. Zetter, are you a techy . Guest no. Know i get into tech journalism journalism, not by choice. And then found i really loved it. I dont particularly like gadgets in particular or computers in the sense of taking them apart and programming things like that i love the issues around computers. Issues around cybersecurity and privacy issues and civil liberties, those are the things that attracted. Host what was it about stuxnet the passage enough to write about . Guest it was multifaceted. It wasnt a simple worm and it wasnt a simple attack and was unlike anything weve seen before. It was just multiple ways of approaching this story
Of the Digital World into the physical round and have connectivity. That was the first thing that made stuxnet unique. It was sophisticated. Andas designed to increase slow the speed of the centrifuges. While it was doing that, it did this remarkable trick which was to make the operators of the plant think the operations were perfectly normal. It recorded normal activity on put itputers and then back to the monitoring machines when it was doing the sabotage. That was something remarkable about it. One more thing was that stuxnet used five zero days. It is a volatility that is unknown to the Software Vendor where exists. Rare andto be fairly they are timeconsuming and expensive to find for vulnerabilities. 10 dayly, we see maybe use an attack and this used five. Where and how was it developed and by home . We believe it was developed by the u. S. And israel and tested both here in the u. S. And israel. , it was a process that took a number of years to develop. There were multiple teams
For the next 30 minutes, we investigate. Its asking tough questions, uncovering government waste and holding those in power accountable. We begin with the safety of public transportation. In the south bay, its a popular choice for commuters and a new choice in getting to levis stadium. Tonight, questions about the literail system paid by taxpayers and run by the valley transportation authority. We dug into inspection records and uncovered safety returns. Vicky nguyen found faulty wheels, potential for headon collisions and other issues that records show the vta has been slow to fix. Reporter vta trains travel at a top speed of 55 miles an hour, carrying 34,000 riders a day. And sharing the roads with thousands of cars. A vta insider with knowledge of how these trains are maintained and operated asked to be disguised for fear of being fired. Is safety a priority at vta . Only when they get caught by the state or federal government is it then a priority. Reporter the Investigative Unit o
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