Iranian nuclear program's computers play AC/DC after getting hit by virus

Computers used in Iran's nuclear program have fallen victim to a new virus that literally thunderstruck them, turning them on at night and forcing them to play AC/DC's 1990 song "Thunderstruck". The news comes from an Iranian scientist, who sent a letter to Finnish company F-Secure. According to the scientist the virus has appeared at the Natanz Uranium enrichment plant in central Iran, and at another facility in Fordo, to the south-west of the capital city of Tehran.

Reportedly the virus has also turned off automatic system operations. The equipment, supplied by the German Siemens Corporation, has been taken out of operation due to the virus. The scientist wrote in the letter concerning the song: "There was also some music playing randomly on several of the workstations during the middle of the night with the volume maxed out. I believe it was playing ‘Thunderstruck’ by AC/DC".

This might be the third time the Iranian nuclear program had its operations disrupted. In 2010, a virus known as Stuxnet set the program back at least two years. Earlier this year another virus called 'Flame' was found. That virus was credited as being one of the most complicated ever, and its intent was to spy on the web in Iran and the Middle East.