Tuesday, September 28, 2010

DId Israel Launch a Cyber Attack on Iran?

Here's what one news source says about the virus infecting an Iranian nuclear facility:

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* Published 01:11 28.09.10
* Latest update 03:33 28.09.10

'Computer virus in Iran actually targeted larger nuclear facility'
New analysis contradicts earlier assessments that Stuxnet worm was targeted at nuclear reactor in Bushehr.
By Yossi Melman Tags: Israel news Iran nuclear

Experts on Iran and computer security specialists yesterday voiced a growing conviction that the worm that has infected Iranian nuclear computers was meant to sabotage the uranium enrichment facility at Natanz - where the centrifuge operational capacity has dropped over the past year by 30 percent.

The new analysis, based on the characteristic behavior of the Stuxnet worm, contradicts earlier assessments that the target was the nuclear reactor at Bushehr. Iranian spokesmen, led by the director of the Bushehr facility, had confirmed that Bushehr's computers were infected by the virus. But the director added that while senior staffers' computers were affected, the damage to the reactor's functioning was very limited and would not delay its launch, set for next month.



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