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Re:Foreign hackers breached a US nuclear weapons plant via S... by sgjohnson on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @02:20PM (#45659531)
That also had a HUMINT element.
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Re:Foreign hackers breached a US nuclear weapons plant via S... by aspenmayer on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @03:41PM (#45660669)
It’s possible that the (un)timely demise of the individual involved also had a HUMINT element as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Olympic_Games#Histor...

> Dutch engineer Erik van Sabben allegedly infiltrated the Natanz nuclear facility on behalf of Dutch intelligence and installed equipment infected with Stuxnet. He died two weeks after the Stuxnet attack at age 36 in an apparent single-vehicle motorcycle accident in Dubai.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_van_Sabben

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