[ExI] stuxnet hits commie nuke plant, space station

[Anders Sandberg]

On 12/11/2013 21:01, spike wrote:
> Local internet security hipsters, does this sound believable to you?  That
> nuke plant strains my imagination, but the Space Station?  Every line of
> code to any spacecraft is reviewed and tested.

Code tested, yes, but what about hardware? SCADA systems are in a lot of 
places and have fundamental vulnerabilities. And the station is sending 
and receiving data at least indirectly to the internet. One USB key or 
malicious tweet link clicked, and a virus could get in.

Also, Nasa no doubt looks carefully at code for reliability. That is not 
the same thing as security. Consider the vulnerabilities found in 
pacemakers and other implants - medical-grade software, but no firewall.

-- 
Anders Sandberg,
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford Martin School
Faculty of Philosophy
Oxford University