Iranian nuclear programme targeted by computer virus, by Maryam Sinaiee and Michael Theodoulou. The National (UAE), September 26. 2010.
TEHRAN // Iran revealed yesterday that a so-called computer worm – which experts say shows unprecedented ingenuity and is unique in its ability to seize control of industrial plants – has infected the personal computers of staff at its first nuclear power plant.
But Tehran said the so-called Stuxnet malicious computer program, which has been described as the world’s first cyber-guided missile, has not damaged operations at the flagship facility in Bushehr, which is due to go online within weeks.A likelier Stuxnet target, they speculate, would be Iran’s far more controversial nuclear facility at Natanz, where spinning centrifuges are producing low-enriched uranium for power plants.
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