Iranian nuclear plants reportedly ‘Thunderstruck’ by AC/DC computer virus

A cyberspace security expert says he received a series of emails from an Iranian nuclear scientist complaining that computers at two plants bizarrely began playing a heavy metal anthem over the weekend.

The attack caused computers at the Natanz and Fordo nuclear plants to blast the metal anthem “Thunderstruck” by arena rock gods AC/DC at full volume in the middle of the night, the emails said. It also reportedly shut down “part of the automation network,” said Mikko Hypponen, a Finnish computer security expert who has advised governments on cyber-security.

Hypponen, the chief research officer at F-Secure, a well-regarded Finnish computer security firm, announced in his blog Wednesday that he had received the emails from a scientist at the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.

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