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Zero Days

Stuxnet caused theuranium enrichment centrifuges to spin up to 1,400 hertz

Chien: Stuxnet caused the
uranium enrichment centrifuges to spin up to 1,400 hertz

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Chien: Stuxnet caused the uranium enrichment centrifuges
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to spin up to 1,400 hertz.
Duration
7 seconds
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23
Timestamp in Movie
01:09:56
Uploaded
Nov 01, 2025
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documentary
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A documentary focused on Stuxnet, a piece of self-replicating computer malware that the U.S. and Israel unleashed to destroy a key part of an Iranian nuclear facility, and which ultimately spread beyond its intended target.
What would happen was those centrifuges - Zero Days 00:07
What would happen was those centrifuges
It would go through a frequency at which the metal would - Zero Days 00:07
It would go through a frequency at which the metal would
And then the second attack they attempted - Zero Days 00:06
And then the second attack they attempted
They were slowed down to almost standstill. - Zero Days 00:06
They were slowed down to almost standstill.
You can imagine a toy top that you spin - Zero Days 00:07
You can imagine a toy top that you spin
They'd begin to wobble and essentially shatter - Zero Days 00:05
They'd begin to wobble and essentially shatter
And instead of sending back to the computer - Zero Days 00:08
And instead of sending back to the computer
So the computer's sitting there thinking, - Zero Days 00:06
So the computer's sitting there thinking,
Running at 1,000 hertz, everything is fine." - Zero Days 00:08
Running at 1,000 hertz, everything is fine."
So the operators then would know, "whoa", - Zero Days 00:11
So the operators then would know, "whoa",
Not only are the operators fooled into thinking - Zero Days 00:13
Not only are the operators fooled into thinking
And so they would hit, literally, the big red button - Zero Days 00:08
And so they would hit, literally, the big red button
So you would have these operators - Zero Days 00:07
So you would have these operators
Yadlin: If your cyber weapon is good enough, - Zero Days 00:14
Yadlin: If your cyber weapon is good enough,
Gibney: Maybe even better if the enemy begins to doubt - Zero Days 00:06
Gibney: Maybe even better if the enemy begins to doubt
Certainly one must conclude - Zero Days 00:19
Certainly one must conclude
So they must have been analyzing themselves to death. - Zero Days 00:05
So they must have been analyzing themselves to death.
You look the computer screens, they go with the proper speed. - Zero Days 00:06
You look the computer screens, they go with the proper speed...
There's a proper gas pressure. Everything looks beautiful. - Zero Days 00:06
There's a proper gas pressure. Everything looks beautif...
Sanger: Through 2009 it was going pretty smoothly. - Zero Days 00:05
Sanger: Through 2009 it was going pretty smoothly.