Fast16: Cyberweapon that predates Stuxnet by five years | Hacker News

Hacker News discussed a report about Fast16, a cyberweapon said to have existed five years before Stuxnet.

Commenters noted the code’s SCCS/RCS-style notation, suggesting an older development culture and tooling.

The discussion pointed to legacy practices from military or scientific computing, including long-lived codebases and older languages.

If the claim is accurate, it would push back the timeline for sophisticated cyberweapons beyond what many assumed.