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How “stuxnet” trended on Hacker News

“Stuxnet” was mentioned 3,031 times on Hacker News between 2010 and 2026, peaking in May 2012 with 144 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often “stuxnet” appears in Hacker News stories and comments. Each point is a live date-histogram over ~45M items, computed with Upstash Redis Search.

Top Hacker News stories about “stuxnet”

1. 1.The Stuxnet worm may be the most sophisticated software ever written 1,493 points · 481 comments · 2018 · discuss on HN
2. 2.US and Israel created Stuxnet, lost control of it 650 points · 310 comments · 2012 · discuss on HN
3. 3.How Stuxnet was deciphered 267 points · 71 comments · 2011 · discuss on HN
4. 4.Engineer Used Water Pump to Get $1B Stuxnet Malware into Iranian Nuclear Plant 266 points · 184 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
5. 5.Stuxnet is now on GitHub 248 points · 66 comments · 2011 · discuss on HN
6. 6.Unilateral Israeli changes to Stuxnet caused its exposure, angering US 199 points · 119 comments · 2016 · discuss on HN
7. 7.Son of Stuxnet 197 points · 20 comments · 2014 · discuss on HN
8. 8.Israel silent as Iran hit by computer virus more violent than Stuxnet – report 196 points · 80 comments · 2018 · discuss on HN
9. 9.Stuxnet's Legacy Lives on in New Windows Bug 187 points · 44 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
10. 10.Another Piece of the Stuxnet Puzzle 151 points · 14 comments · 2012 · discuss on HN
11. 11.Researchers Connect Flame to Stuxnet 148 points · 33 comments · 2012 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Stuxnet Questions and Answers 141 points · 70 comments · 2010 · discuss on HN

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