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Stuxnet: The Virus That Sabotaged a Nuclear Program (2010)

Tony DeGonia July 4, 2010

The Iranians believed their centrifuges were secure — isolated from the internet on an air-gapped network.

But Stuxnet didn’t need the internet.
It needed a USB stick.

Tony DeGonia

Tony DeGonia is a seasoned Senior Sales Engineer specializing in SIEM, SOAR, MDR/XDR, SASE, Zero Trust, and enterprise network security design. With a proven track record supporting global and public sector environments, Tony delivers technical discovery, architecture development, POCs, and executive-level presentations for mission-critical cybersecurity programs. His experience spans AT&T Cybersecurity (SLED Public Sector), IBM Security QRadar Suite, Fortra Alert Logic, and multiple emerging security startups. Tony is known for his deep technical fluency across firewall architecture, threat detection engineering, cloud networking, encryption, and multi-vendor integrations — and for helping organizations turn complex security challenges into actionable solutions.

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