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SECURITYMay 18 · 06:46 UTCTHE HACKER NEWS[email protected] (The Hacker News)

Pre-Stuxnet Fast16 Malware Tampered with Nuclear Weapons Simulations

The Lua-based fast16 malware was a cyber sabotage tool designed to tamper with nuclear weapons testing simulations, corrupting uranium-compression simulations central to nuclear weapon design. This pre-Stuxnet tool was engineered by unknown actors. The discovery was made by Symantec and Carbon Black teams.

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