Thunderstruck: Iranian Computer Systems Hit With ‘AC/DC’ Attack
- Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:05pm by
Becket Adams
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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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Comments (104)
spirited
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:52pmNext time: Somebodys Watching Me
Report Post »tick-tock2012
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 12:25amWhat? Sorry, I thought your thread was worth responding. What a total tool. Never mind….go back to obscurity.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 5:58amHow about the Cure’s “Killing an Arab”?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlPRxxgL0KM&feature=related
Report Post »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!”
Report Post »Gooch7
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 10:19amThey should play Hell’s Bells – AC/DC or Men at Work’s “Who Can It Be Now”
Report Post »Crazy Times
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 12:21pmSTOP… 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.
Report Post »Love it.
Crazy Times
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 1:15pmBallbreaker (1996) would of been another great choice from the boys….
Report Post »OhioRifleman
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 1:33pmHow 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!
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 1:54pmYou have to know the lyrics of the song..”you’ve been…THUNDERSTRUCK” to understand why it was used.
Report Post »Next they should use “Shake Your Foundations”.
Crazy Times
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 2:05pmI 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.
Report Post »OlefromMN
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:49pmHad 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.)
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 12:03amSo I am wondering if Anonymous did this..Too cool.. .
Report Post »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.. .
Report Post »***
Probably not or it would have installed links to state dept computers!
Gonzo
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 9:50amAngus takes on Iranian nuclear program! Oy,oy,oy!
Report Post »Crazy Times
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 12:29pm“Big Gun kicked the hell outta you!”
Report Post »strewth_cobber
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:49pmThank God, the hackers were sensible enough not to entertain the Iranians with Rick Astley, otherwise today’s headlines would read, ‘WAR BEGINS!!’
Report Post »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……
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 8:21amThat man’s voice used to give me the hee-bee gee-bees.
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 12:10pmI 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.
Report Post »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)!
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on July 26, 2012 at 4:37am@strewth_cobber, heh heh heh…. :)
Report Post »Bringbackthe80s
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:45pmHow about this classic?
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbGkxcY7YFU
strewth_cobber
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 3:47amThat’s probably played on their local radio stations, with regular rotation, by request!
Crikey! I thought, Rick ghAstley songs were threatening (and bad)!
Report Post »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”.
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 8:28amOops! 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!
Report Post »Crazy Times
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 12:27pmBon’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…
Report Post »Cosmos102
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:37pm“Back in Black” woulda been a better tune all tho a tad less annoying, soooo….
Report Post »Melvin Spittle
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:23pmI would have hit’em with “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” & “Highway to Hell”
Report Post »Z
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:17pmLove it!
Report Post »stang289
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:12pmShoot to thrill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bMfrixJyWc
Report Post »ohnomrbill
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:04pmLove me some AC/DC thanks blaze finally something I could watch without throwing up
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:14pmToo bad they didn’t play “Whole lotta Rosie” that is more up the Iranians alley. 5′2″ and 40 stone.
Report Post »christos
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:58pmGood 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.
Report Post »MAX0O1
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:52pmHEY guys they are all ready crazy,now you want to drive them NUTS!!!! A-L-L-RIGHT!!
Report Post »Alan
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:51pmI 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.
Report Post »SCREW-WINDOWS
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:43pmEvidently they were using Windows try AriOS fella’s you would be safer.
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:34pmNormally 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!
Report Post »fishmon
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:28pmThe 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
Report Post »Becket Adams
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:37pmWell 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).
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 12:10amLol
Report Post »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 10:27pmIm 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.
Report Post »boomboom
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:29pmMissles…………………
Report Post »or a JarJar Binks attack…..how rude meeza thinks.
22AUTOMATIC
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:22pmThat 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!
Report Post »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!
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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!)
soybomb315
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:20pmim sure that wont piss them off even more…
what do we call it if someone does that to us? an act of war?
Report Post »the58thstate
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:49pmoh 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.
Report Post »Cosmos102
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:41pmSoybomb, do Hippies ever venture from their “happy place” of denial? Just wondering.
Report Post »nifty
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:49pmYes, 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?
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 12:10amGo 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
Report Post »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?
Report Post »***
What do we call trolls? “Kool Aide Kids!”
Individualism
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 10:38amits a terrorist attack basically.
Report Post »doubleG469
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 4:05pmHip Hip Hooray! Hip Hip Hooray!
Report Post »strewth_cobber
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 11:32pmFor 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!!
Report Post »God bless Israel!! and the USA! And Australia!
Amen!
Dirtdigger67
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:16pmI love ac dc
Report Post »Too_Far_Gone
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:16pm“My Way” Sinatra ..
Report Post »boomboom
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 11:31pm“Vogue” …. Madonna
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 1:24amI’ll play! How about “Caw-Liga” by Charlie Pride?
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 8:35amHow about “America The Beautiful”? The Ray Charles version of course!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=N7Wt4XlXUrc
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 10:37amlame, terrible just shut up
Report Post »DarthMims
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 12:06pm“The Itsy-Bitsy Spider”, as sung by Macho Man Randy Savage.
Report Post »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.
Report Post »Becket Adams
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:42pmMaybe “War Machine”?
Report Post »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!!!
Report Post »CCS
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 1:35pmSabbath – War Pigs. Our cyber warriors probably aren’t old enough to remember…
Report Post »Ghengas
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:14pmShould of played ‘ride on’ or ‘big balls’
Report Post »Wolfgang the Gray
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:19pmFor Iran, I think a good tune would have been “They’re Coming To Take Me Away”.
Report Post »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”
Report Post »****
Could they get an ambulance, “Paddy Wagon” big enough for all their nut cases?
The-Monk
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:11pmToo bad AC/DC didn’t make a song titled “Nuclear Struck”…
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:07pmif you wanted to be an effective religious troll the song should have been highway to hell.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:13pmyou know what, your a very UNIMPRESSIVE toll
kinda boring really
Report Post »Too_Far_Gone
Posted on July 24, 2012 at 10:17pmHe’s an Idiot !
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