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Thunderstruck: Iranian Computer Systems Hit With ‘AC/DC’ Attack

Jul. 24, 2012 10:05pm Becket Adams

Computer systems in Iran were allegedly attacked on Monday by a malware that forced workstations “to play AC/DC’s Thunderstruck at full volume in the middle of the night,” the International Business Times reports.

We don’t care what anyone says, that’s pretty much the most awesome act of international
sabotage we’ve ever heard of.

Lead researcher at the Finnish computer security firm F-Secure Mikko Hypponen wrote on his blog that a colleague working at the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran
(AEOI) sent him an e-mail informing him that the system had come under cyber-attack.

“I am writing you to inform you that our nuclear program has once again been compromised and attacked by a new worm with exploits which have shut down our automation network at Natanz and another facility Fordo near Qom,” reads the email.

“According to the email our cyber experts sent to our teams, they believe a hacker tool Metasploit was used,” the email added.

Metasploit is a cheap and easy to develop program that hunts down vulnerabilities in software, according to the IBT report.

“There was also some music playing randomly on several of the workstations during the middle of the night with the volume maxed out,” the e-mail reads. “I believe it was playing ‘Thunderstruck’ by AC/DC.”

Of course, as many Blaze readers know, this isn’t the first time Iran’s systems have been infiltrated. Remember Flame?

“During the Flame spyware case, [Hypponen] reported in Wired about how an Iranian computer security analyst had contacted him to notify him about the virus,” IBT reports, adding that Hypponen is convinced the U.S. government was behind the attack.

“Flame was discovered in June having gone undiscovered for at least two years, thanks to the sophistication of the software involved,” the report adds.

The report continues:

It has been described as one of the most complex pieces of malware ever discovered. Flame infected computers in the Middle East, in countries such as Iran, Israel and Sudan, with the majority of infected computers, according to Kaspersky’s data, being in Iran.

Calling it the James Bond of the malware world, Hypponen admitted his company’s was impotent against Flame. It allowed those who created it to search for and upload documents and files on a remote computer, watch and listen to what’s taking place around the infected PC by turning on the camera or microphone, and even copy the address book from mobile phone within range of the computer.

While no one has “officially” claimed responsibility for the Flame attack, many suspect that it was a collaboration between U.S. and Israeli intelligence agencies.

(H/T: Hot Air)

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spirited
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:52pm
Next time: Somebodys Watching Me

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- tick-tock2012
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 12:25am
  What? Sorry, I thought your thread was worth responding. What a total tool. Never mind….go back to obscurity.
  
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- biohazard23
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 5:58am
  How about the Cure’s “Killing an Arab”?
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlPRxxgL0KM&feature=related
  
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- loriann12
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 6:41am
  “Every Breath You Take….” I’ll be watching you. I think it’s awesome they used AC/DC! “Broke all the rules, played all the fools!”
  
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- Gooch7
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 10:19am
  They should play Hell’s Bells – AC/DC or Men at Work’s “Who Can It Be Now”
  
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- Crazy Times
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 12:21pm
  STOP… AC/DC is the only band that they could use to do that… why, because they
  “..We’re just a battery for hire with the guitar fire, ready and aimed at you. So pick up your balls! and Load up your Cannon! for a 21 gun salute!” – For those about to rock.
  
  Thunderstuck is a great song too.
  Love it.
  
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- Crazy Times
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 1:15pm
  Ballbreaker (1996) would of been another great choice from the boys….
  
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- OhioRifleman
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 1:33pm
  How about ‘Run To The Hills’ by Iron Maiden?
  
  If you wanted to completely screw with someone’s mind, might I suggest “Inna Gadda Da Vida” by Iron Butterfly? Not the short radio version, the full-length 17-minute epic version, mind you. That would really get some noses out of joint.
  
  Or, for the new flair, Iced Earth – “The Hunter”. Nothing like showing them we believe God will win – in heavy metal, no less!
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 1:54pm
  You have to know the lyrics of the song..”you’ve been…THUNDERSTRUCK” to understand why it was used.
  Next they should use “Shake Your Foundations”.
  
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- Crazy Times
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 2:05pm
  I don’t think too many Iranians in Iran care about the lyrics to AC/DC. I don’t even care, it’s all about High Voltage rock and roll.
  
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OlefromMN
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:49pm
Had to finish listening to the tune before finishing a comment, it is priceless! And Obama’s “roads” had nothing to do with this. (I also like taunting an enemy, it get’s them on their toes and makes them edgy, more prone to make a mistake.)

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- ashestoashes
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 12:03am
  So I am wondering if Anonymous did this..Too cool.. .
  
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- Mil Mom
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 1:07am
  @ashestoashes
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 12:03am
  
  So I am wondering if Anonymous did this..Too cool.. .
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  Probably not or it would have installed links to state dept computers!
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 9:50am
  Angus takes on Iranian nuclear program! Oy,oy,oy!
  
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- Crazy Times
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 12:29pm
  “Big Gun kicked the hell outta you!”
  
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strewth_cobber
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:49pm
Thank God, the hackers were sensible enough not to entertain the Iranians with Rick Astley, otherwise today’s headlines would read, ‘WAR BEGINS!!’

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- biohazard23
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 7:26am
  “Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you….”
  
  Come on, everybody, all together now! heh heh heh……
  
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- 4xeverything
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 8:21am
  That man’s voice used to give me the hee-bee gee-bees.
  
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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 12:10pm
  I was HOPing they would have received the same “gift” that Olibabamster gave the QueanOfEngland….A huge pile of all HIS speaches…instead of on an Ipod, a mega-download continuosly played at full volume…allnite+day until virus removed.
  
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- strewth_cobber
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 11:08pm
  @BIOHAZARD23: Never gon- Oooh, the humanity!
  
  @4XEVERYTHING: It still does!
  
  @G-WHIZ: That would be very mean and unkind. Good suggestion (with the glowing references to Meccan cult removed)!
  
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- biohazard23
  Posted on July 26, 2012 at 4:37am
  @strewth_cobber, heh heh heh…. :)
  
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Bringbackthe80s
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:45pm
How about this classic?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbGkxcY7YFU

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- strewth_cobber
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 3:47am
  That’s probably played on their local radio stations, with regular rotation, by request!
  
  Crikey! I thought, Rick ghAstley songs were threatening (and bad)!
  
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tick-tock2012
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:43pm
“Thunderstruck” is a good choice. I would have chosen a Bon Scott song, maybe “Let there be rock”.

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- 4xeverything
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 8:28am
  Oops! I just woke up my kids playing this a little too loud.:0) It’s kinda like anything by Yes or The Who, you just can’t listen to it without crankin’ it up!
  
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- Crazy Times
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 12:27pm
  Bon’s great, but Brian’s voice in 1990 was like he drank a glass of nails with his whiskey and tried to scream to the top of his lungs… painful yet wonderful at the same time…
  
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Cosmos102
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:37pm
“Back in Black” woulda been a better tune all tho a tad less annoying, soooo….

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Melvin Spittle
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:23pm
I would have hit’em with “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” & “Highway to Hell”

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Z
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:17pm
Love it!

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stang289
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:12pm
Shoot to thrill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bMfrixJyWc

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ohnomrbill
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:04pm
Love me some AC/DC thanks blaze finally something I could watch without throwing up

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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:14pm
  Too bad they didn’t play “Whole lotta Rosie” that is more up the Iranians alley. 5’2″ and 40 stone.
  
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christos
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:58pm
Good selection that was GREAT Hope it’s True,who would believe anything they say,throw out a line & see what they can Lure in,on the other side Thunder Struck is a kind way of saying : Look who”s on the Menu” the Birds of Prey are Gathering for the Feast +KING JESUS+ is setting the table,this time we aren’t the main course,we are the diner guests the Bride Of +CHRIST+ make sure to attend reservations not accepted salvation is free a gift.

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MAX0O1
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:52pm
HEY guys they are all ready crazy,now you want to drive them NUTS!!!! A-L-L-RIGHT!!

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Alan
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:51pm
I hope the U.S. government is involved in attacking Iran’s computers, but with our government’s history of face plants, I have my doubts.

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SCREW-WINDOWS
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:43pm
Evidently they were using Windows try AriOS fella’s you would be safer.
http://arioslinux.org/

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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:34pm
Normally I am not much of a music fan; but in this case I would love to have seen the looks on the technicians faces when heavy metal started blaring instead of the results or data they wanted. Those images would be priceless indeed!

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fishmon
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:28pm
The bamster, peace be upon him, will be announcing directly that our government was able to introduce infidel music to the faithful…and now they have decided to like us…on facebook. Oh and btw, AC/DC didn’t make that song. They had help. Free band class at school, a municipal arena to play in, roads to get there, etc

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- Becket Adams
  Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:37pm
  Well played in regards to the last bit. You had me going for a second (I thought you were going to say it was a cover).
  
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- let us prey
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 12:10am
  Lol
  
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- Mil Mom
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 1:10am
  @fishmon
  Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:28pm
  
  The bamster, peace be upon him, will be announcing directly that our government was able to introduce infidel music to the faithful…and now they have decided to like us…on facebook. Oh and btw, AC/DC didn’t make that song. They had help. Free band class at school, a municipal arena to play in, roads to get there, etc
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WAKEUPUSA2012
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:27pm
Im not down with war with Iran unless they are invading us or missles are on the wy. But this is so cool. Anything we can do to slow them down, is good.

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- boomboom
  Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:29pm
  Missles…………………
  or a JarJar Binks attack…..how rude meeza thinks.
  
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22AUTOMATIC
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:22pm
That is awesome! HaHaHaHa

Just imagine those idiots hearing Thunderstruck blasting in the middle of the night! Maybe next time they’ll break out the Van Halen like Marty did in Back To The Future!

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- Mil Mom
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 1:14am
  @22AUTOMATIC
  Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:22pm
  
  That is awesome! HaHaHaHa
  
  Just imagine those idiots hearing Thunderstruck blasting in the middle of the night! Maybe next time they’ll break out the Van Halen like Marty did in Back To The Future!
  ****
  Kudos to another BTTF fan! Can’t get more awesome than Marty, boy do we need him in our state dept right about now!
  (I wonder if they went looking for an interpreter!)
  
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soybomb315
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:20pm
im sure that wont piss them off even more…

what do we call it if someone does that to us? an act of war?

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- the58thstate
  Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:49pm
  oh lets see. let them get the bomb or piss them off? that kind of thinking is dangerous. we are the only solution to this evil problem. its sad that people like you sit all comfy in your moms basement and dont realize why you can.
  
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- Cosmos102
  Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:41pm
  Soybomb, do Hippies ever venture from their “happy place” of denial? Just wondering.
  
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- nifty
  Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:49pm
  Yes, lets cower in fear and try not to upset them and maybe they will stop trying to make a weapon to wipe out Israel with. If you are in my country get out and go find one that has successfully managed to exist without ******* anyone off or defended their right to exist. Maybe France or one of the eastern block countries would suit you better? They have historically done a remarkable job of avoiding invasion through divine acts of helplessness and fear of conflict. Face it if they are not trying to make WMD’s then this should not bother them at all …right?
  
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- soybomb315
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 12:10am
  Go sign yourselves up and fight them then. It’s a pre-emptive war you want – so why dont you have the courage to go? Why do you sit around and root for big brother to do your dirty work?
  
  The problem with this country is that people are not reponsible for their decions…That includes people who sit on the couch taking entitlements as well as people who sit around and cheer for war
  
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- Mil Mom
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 1:19am
  @soybomb315
  Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:20pm
  
  im sure that wont piss them off even more…
  
  what do we call it if someone does that to us? an act of war?
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  What do we call trolls? “Kool Aide Kids!”
  
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- Individualism
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 10:38am
  its a terrorist attack basically.
  
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- doubleG469
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 4:05pm
  Hip Hip Hooray! Hip Hip Hooray!
  
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- strewth_cobber
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 11:32pm
  For those unawares… “Hip Hip Hurrah” or “Hip Hip Hooray” is said to originate from the Latin phrase for ‘Death to Jerusalem” or “Jerusalem is lost”. Also used in other cultures as war cry and so on.
  
  Personally, I don’t sing it or yell it at birthday parties (or anywhere else, for that matter).
  
  Blessed are those that bless Israel!!
  God bless Israel!! and the USA! And Australia!
  Amen!
  
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Dirtdigger67
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:16pm
I love ac dc

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Too_Far_Gone
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:16pm
“My Way” Sinatra ..

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- boomboom
  Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:31pm
  “Vogue” …. Madonna
  
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- Mil Mom
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 1:24am
  I’ll play! How about “Caw-Liga” by Charlie Pride?
  
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- 4xeverything
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 8:35am
  How about “America The Beautiful”? The Ray Charles version of course!
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=N7Wt4XlXUrc
  
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- Individualism
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 10:37am
  lame, terrible just shut up
  
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- DarthMims
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 12:06pm
  “The Itsy-Bitsy Spider”, as sung by Macho Man Randy Savage.
  
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TheEDGE
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:14pm
“Thunderstruck” is probably their best song, although I think “If You Want Blood You Got It” would have been more appropriate.

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- Becket Adams
  Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:42pm
  Maybe “War Machine”?
  
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- JACKTHETOAD
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 12:00am
  ‘Sin City’ woulda worked too. It kinda reminds me of the scene in Independence Day when the virus was uploaded into the mother ship’s computer. Woo-Hoo!!!
  
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- CCS
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 1:35pm
  Sabbath – War Pigs. Our cyber warriors probably aren’t old enough to remember…
  
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Ghengas
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:14pm
Should of played ‘ride on’ or ‘big balls’

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- Wolfgang the Gray
  Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:19pm
  For Iran, I think a good tune would have been “They’re Coming To Take Me Away”.
  
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- Mil Mom
  Posted on July 25, 2012 at 1:16am
  @Wolfgang the Gray
  Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:19pm
  
  For Iran, I think a good tune would have been “They’re Coming To Take Me Away”
  ****
  Could they get an ambulance, “Paddy Wagon” big enough for all their nut cases?
  
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The-Monk
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:11pm
Too bad AC/DC didn’t make a song titled “Nuclear Struck”…

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Individualism
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:07pm
if you wanted to be an effective religious troll the song should have been highway to hell.

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- Psychosis
  Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:13pm
  you know what, your a very UNIMPRESSIVE toll
  
  kinda boring really
  
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- Too_Far_Gone
  Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:17pm
  He’s an Idiot !
  
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