[danielh]

If this short read piked your interest in Stuxnet, I can recommend the book "Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon".

It explains in great detail how Stuxnet worked and, which I found the most exciting, how it was discovered and reverse engineered.

[purrcat259]

I read this book a while ago.

Whilst I enjoyed the multiple viewpoints it provides (some claim that Stuxnet was actually quite sloppily written, depending on numerous factors), it happened to be one of those books which wrote 100 pages worth of information in 400 pages instead and dragged every little point on. YMMV.

[danielh]

If you read this book purely for its informational value, I agree with your assessment.

That being said, I read it mostly for entertainment and I think the author did a good job of packaging a lot of factual information into a captivating story.

That being said, not all parts are created equal. There are quite a few pages dedicated to looking at the number of centrifuges Iran was installing and amount of gas they enriched, as this were the metrics Stuxnet was affecting. To me, that was as exciting as reading a company's monthly inventory report.

But I guess that's to be expected in a book that tells a true story instead of just being based on true story.

[johnwbyrd]

I hadn't read the book when I wrote the article. I tried to get all the salient facts in, with as few words as possible. "Omit needless words" - Wm. Strunk.

[ukyrgf]

The movie felt similar to me. It's been sitting on my In Progress list for years. I loved what I saw but it lost it's hooks in me.

[kikowi]

If you are not a book type of person, I recommend watching the movie Zero Days :)

[ezekg]

IMDB link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5446858/ (2016)

Looks good! Might have to check it out tonight.

[mosew]

https://www.hulu.com/watch/1167116

[Fifer82]

Thanks, I always enjoy HN recommendations for books. Even better there is an Audio Book version!

[_coveredInBees]

*piqued

[misiti3780]

i second this, i really enjoyed that book.