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Toto · 09-30-2010, 08:34 AM

In a Computer Worm, a Possible Biblical Clue

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Deep inside the computer worm that some specialists suspect is aimed at slowing Iran’s race for a nuclear weapon lies what could be a fleeting reference to the Book of Esther, the Old Testament tale in which the Jews pre-empt a Persian plot to destroy them.

That use of the word “Myrtus” — which can be read as an allusion to Esther — to name a file inside the code is one of several murky clues that have emerged as computer experts try to trace the origin and purpose of the rogue Stuxnet program, which seeks out a specific kind of command module for industrial equipment

DCHindley · 10-02-2010, 07:28 AM

I thought it interesting that the article says very little about what that worm program actually does, other than to suggest that it impedes the stability of uranium enrichment centrifuges.

Is this common knowledge in Israel?

DCH

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Originally Posted by Toto

In a Computer Worm, a Possible Biblical Clue

Quote:

Deep inside the computer worm that some specialists suspect is aimed at slowing Iran’s race for a nuclear weapon lies what could be a fleeting reference to the Book of Esther, the Old Testament tale in which the Jews pre-empt a Persian plot to destroy them.

That use of the word “Myrtus” — which can be read as an allusion to Esther — to name a file inside the code is one of several murky clues that have emerged as computer experts try to trace the origin and purpose of the rogue Stuxnet program, which seeks out a specific kind of command module for industrial equipment

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