[BITList] NYTimes.com: Worm Was Perfect for SabotagingCentrifuges

[John Feltham]

Hugh,

On 19/11/2010, at 11:52 PM, HUGH wrote:

<< A centrifuge is a centrifuge, ie, it birls round very fast, mechanically driven. Either it runs or it's stopped.  How in the name of the wee man could a worm in a computer persuade it to go "out of control" ? >

A worm is just a small piece of programming code inserted into the 'normal' program with evil intent.


ooroo


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