Stuxnet Crucial in Iran Nuclear Delay

Hopefully, I will post more on this later.

For now, suffice to say the New York Times has reported further on Stuxnet and American Thinker has commented on that reporting.

I would also refer readers to a prior post as being quite relevant.

Stuxnet like an F-35 fighter jet appearing in WWI

A German computer security expert reports that the Stuxnet worm specifically targeted the Iranian nuclear program and was able to "attack and [physically] destroy centrifuge facilities that are unknown to IAEA inspectors and the world." There’s more…

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The lessons of Stuxnet

Quoting former IDF Captain Caroline Glick:

“There's a new cyber-weapon on the block. And it's a doozy. Stuxnet, a malicious software, or malware, program was apparently first discovered in June…

Iran's industrial complexes - including its nuclear installations - are its main victims…

After it enters a network, this super-intelligent program figures out what it has penetrated and then decides whether or not to attack…

No other malware program has ever managed to move from cyberspace to the real world. And this is what makes Stuxnet so revolutionary. It is not a tool of industrial espionage. It is a weapon of war….

like every other major new weapons system introduced since the slingshot, Stuxnet creates new strengths as well as new vulnerabilities for the states that may wield it.”

The world has entered a new age.
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(as Caroline explains the pros and cons):

This article was originally published in The Jerusalem Post.
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Is Iran's Nuclear Program Under Cyber Attack?

Quoting The New York Times:

“The Iranian government agency that runs the country’s nuclear facilities, including those the West suspects are part of a weapons program, has reported that its engineers are trying to protect their facilities from a sophisticated computer worm that has infected industrial plants across Iran…

The New York Times reported in 2009 that President George W. Bush had authorized new efforts, including some that were experimental, to undermine electrical systems, computer systems and other networks that serve Iran’s nuclear program…

The program is among the most secret in the United States government, and it has been accelerated since President Obama took office”

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Count on the NYT to report secrets vital to national security.
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