Those who follow the exploits of Stuxnet will remember June 24, 2012, as Big Sleep day for the infamous malware. On that day, it stopped replicating. “It’s more like neutered, rather than dead,” said Eric Byres, CTO and vice president for engineering at Tofino Security Products. “The June 24 date stops it from replicating, but if it has infected your uranium centrifuge, it will still be doing its destructive work in the PLCs and the drive controllers.”
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Stuxnet Is Dead, Long Live Stuxnet
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. July 9, 2012 05:00 AMThose who follow the exploits of Stuxnet will remember June 24, 2012, as Big Sleep day for the infamous malware. On that day, it stopped replicating. “It’s more like neutered, rather than dead,” said Eric Byres, CTO and vice president for engineering at Tofino Security Products. “The June 24 date stops it from replicating, but if it has infected your uranium centrifuge, it will still be doing its destructive work in the PLCs and the drive controllers.”