Iranian CLEAVER hackers may DRAIN energy and defence firms, warn Feds

Iranian hackers may be sniffing out education, defence and energy targets as part of a well-planned operation, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation has reportedly warned. A secret FBI document dubbed "Flash, seen by Reuters, offered advice to businesses on how to foil any such attacks. It comes after Cylance researchers …

[Awil Onmearse]

Actual decompiled Stuxnet code

if (true == bad_guys) {

do_payload();

} else {

do_embarrassing_blowback_duh();

}

[Harry the Bastard]

i see your stuxnet

and raise you my cleaver

[Anonymous Coward]

NEW THREAT, NEW TERROR...

...NEW MONEY?........Oh go on.......No, alright then..."911!"......ahh, thanks for the cash.

[Anonymous Coward]

I always thought

that the definition of a bully was someone who punches people in the snout but runs home crying to mummy if he cops one back.

Seems it's true.

[Khaptain]

Word Play

A cleaver hacks.

A hacker cleaves.

A heaver clacks..

A clacker heaves

Which one are you ?

[Ole Juul]

Confidential report

Another FBI fundraiser.

[Anonymous Coward]

Ably assisted by

The NSA's tireless work at weakening Internet security standards and safeguards and so made American corporations more vulnerable.

[JaitcH]

Does anyone actually trust the US Government, or the FBI, when it comes to Iran?

Given that the USA and Israel have expended so much energy and money attacking Iran in so many ways, what credibility is there left.

Just as with the American War in VietNam, the USA lost so much face (were so embarrassed) by a bunch of clerics in Iran kicking out their anointed sheep and having to close down all the NSA monitoring stations that kept an eye on Russian rocket activity.

The simplest solution to all this alleged hacking is to cut the InterNet connections. But that would NSA and GCHQ out of business.