š£ What If the Next World War Starts with a USB Stick?
In 2010, a mysterious virus quietly slipped into Iranās nuclear facilitiesāand physically destroyed their centrifuges. That virus was Stuxnetāthe worldās first true cyber weapon, and it changed everything.
This episode dives into the complex, cloak-and-dagger story of Stuxnet, including:
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How it used stolen certificates and zero-day exploits to infiltrate secure systems
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Why itās almost certainly a state-sponsored operation by the US and Israel
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How it rewrote the rules of warfareāno soldiers, just code with real-world impact
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The retaliation: Iranās response and the cyber arms race it triggered
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What came next: Nitro Zeus and the dark future of AI-powered cyber weapons
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Why the lack of global cyber law is one of the most dangerous blind spots of our time
šļøāšØļø From secret ops to silicon warfare, this episode is part history lesson, part cautionary taleāand a wake-up call about the invisible wars already happening around us.
š§ Hit play now and find out how one virus changed the future of warfare.
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