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Chien: Stuxnet would wait for 13 days
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Zero Days

Stuxnet would wait for 13 days before doing anything, because 13 days is about the time...

Chien: Stuxnet would wait for 13 days before doing anything, because 13 days is about the time it takes to actually fill an entire
cascade of centrifuges with uranium

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Chien: Stuxnet would wait for 13 days
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before doing anything,
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because 13 days is about the time it takes
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to actually fill an entire cascade of centrifuges
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with uranium.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
01:09:14
Uploaded
Nov 01, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

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.
They didn't want to attack when the centrifuges essentially - Zero Days 00:07
They didn't want to attack when the centrifuges essenti...
What Stuxnet did was it actually would sit there - Zero Days 00:11
What Stuxnet did was it actually would sit there
And once they saw them spinning for 13 days, - Zero Days 00:06
And once they saw them spinning for 13 days,
Centrifuges spin at incredible speeds, - Zero Days 00:06
Centrifuges spin at incredible speeds,
Langner: They have a safe operating speed, - Zero Days 00:07
Langner: They have a safe operating speed,
Chien: Stuxnet caused the uranium enrichment centrifuges - Zero Days 00:07
Chien: Stuxnet caused the uranium enrichment centrifuges
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,