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25 Mar, 5 tweets, 3 min read
Portrait of a Digital Weapon
Ok this is pretty cool. Artist made homage to Stuxnet using de-compiled code that displays character by character, like a digital countdown, over satellite image of Iranian facility it attacked. Note USB cc: @liam_omurchu
macpierce.com/portrait-of-a-…
The artist has documented the entire process of creating it, here: macpierce.com/blog/2021/3/21…
And this is the artist behind the artwork: Portrait of a Digital Weapon
Watch the video of Portrait of a Digital Weapon here: vimeo.com/526813175
I secretly hoped when I tweeted the Stuxnet artwork yesterday that someone in security would buy it; I didn't expect it to happen so quickly. CloudFlare's CEO @eastdakota is now the lucky owner. And he says more cybersecurity-themed pieces are in the works

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I think you all gave me a homework assignment. I'll watch and livetweet tonight at 8pm PST.
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