Joe Rogan Experience #2535 - Andrew Wilson · Aired Aug 5, 2026
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The Stuxnet virus utilized stolen Windows source code that is still integrated into Windows programming.
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This isn't backed up by the record. Stuxnet used stolen digital certificates from companies like JMicron and Realtek to sign its malicious drivers and exploited Windows zero day bugs, but there's no credible account of it using stolen Windows source code that's still built into Windows today.
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Is it true that the Stuxnet virus utilized stolen Windows source code that is still integrated into Windows programming?
No, not as stated. This isn't backed up by the record. Stuxnet used stolen digital certificates from companies like JMicron and Realtek to sign its malicious drivers and exploited Windows zero day bugs, but there's no credible account of it using stolen Windows source code that's still built into Windows today. Andrew Wilson said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2535 - Andrew Wilson, aired Aug 5, 2026, at 1:19:21. The supporting source is en.wikipedia.org, linked below.
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