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Stuxnet

The National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Data from sensors that detect threats in critical infrastructure networks at the laboratory is sitting unanalyzed after a government contract expired this weekend. (Photo: Jason Laurea/LLNL)

Contract lapse leaves critical infrastructure cybersecurity sensor data unanalyzed at national lab 

A program manager at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory told lawmakers Tuesday that the recent contract expiration puts OT security at risk.
A worker walks inside of an uranium conversion facility in Iran on March 30, 2005. Stuxnet, a piece of malware reportedly developed by Israel and the U.S. to destroy equipment in the facilities like the one pictured, will be the subject of a forthcoming Congressional hearing. (Photo by Getty Images)

House hearing will use Stuxnet to search for novel ways to confront OT cyberthreats

The House Homeland Committee will revisit the malware to use the knowledge from the spy effort to explore the domestic threats facing the U.S. in 2025. 
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