Stuxnet, Created By US to Cripple Iran.

Well it makes sense to be honest! Forgive me if this has allready been bought up (couldnt find anything on search), But yeah A leading US security expert has claimed the US released stuxnet to cripple Iran nuclear programme, Story Below:

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Israel and the United States created the Stuxnet worm to sabotage Iran's nuclear programme, a leading security expert has claimed.

Ralph Langner told a conference in California that the malicious software was designed to cripple systems that could help build an Iranian bomb.

Mr Langner was one of the first researchers to show how Stuxnet could take control of industrial equipment.

It is widely believed that its target was machinery used to enrich uranium.

Speaking at the TED conference in Long Beach, California, Mr Langner said: "My opinion is that Mossad [Israel's intelligence agency] is involved."

However he speculated that Israel was not the main driver behind the creation of Stuxnet.

"There is only one leading source, and that is the United States," said Mr Langner.

In a recent report on Stuxnet, the security firm Symantec said that it would have taken a team of between five and 10 developers, six months to create the worm.

Mr Langner said that the project would have required "inside information", so detailed that "they probably knew the shoe size of the operator."

Stuxnet first came to light in July 2010. Nearly 60% of reported infections were inside Iran.
Damaging centrifuges

The worm targets industrial control systems, known as programmable logic controllers (PLCs), made by Siemens.

While PLCs are used to control a wide variety of automated systems, it is believed that it was those inside Iran's nuclear facilities that were the intended target.

Analysts who have examined the Stuxnet code say it could have been used to damage centrifuges which play a crucial role in the process of enriching uranium for both nuclear power and weapons.

The United States and Israel have led an international campaign to halt Iran's nuclear programme, however there is no hard evidence to link either country to the creation of Stuxnet.

Earlier in the week Iran's Interior Ministry denied that Stuxnet had been responsible for a shutdown at the country's Bushehr nuclear reactor.

A report by the International Atomic Energy Agency showed that Russian engineers working at the plant had removed 163 fuel rods.

I imagine after this gets out Iran will be pretty unhappy dont yah think

reply to post by TedHodgson


Ah yes, good 'ole Stuxnet.

I wouldn't be so sure that this virus is American in origin.

Perhaps our friends in Tel Aviv had something to do with it instead?

Food for thought.

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I think we would need actual proof.. Something a little more solid than this guys "opinion". For all we know Iran could have done this to themselves in order to gain support against Israel and the US.

BREAKING NEWS:

www.itworld.com...
Iran official threatens retaliation for Stuxnet
Call for legal counter-measures actually dials down the tension
April 18, 2011, 1:40 PM

The head of Iran's civilian defense force threatened legal retaliation against software maker Siemens for what he said was complicity in the Stuxnet worm attack on Iran's nuclear-fuel development facilities.

Gholamreza Jalali, head of Iran's civilian defense, accused Siemens of providing technical assistance and sample code for the Siemens-build SCADA systems that control the centrifuges and other critical systems at the Bushehr nuclear power plant. Windows-based PCs controlling the systems were among more than 60,000 in Iran struck and damaged in 2010 by what security experts said was a carefully designed and directed virus attack.

the original source:
www.reuters.com...
Iran accuses Siemens over Stuxnet virus attack
TEHRAN | Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:48am EDT
(Reuters) - An Iranian military commander has accused German engineering company Siemens of helping the United States and Israel launch a cyber attack on its nuclear facilities, Kayhan daily reported on Sunday.

Gholamreza Jalali, head of Iran's civilian defense, said the Stuxnet virus aimed at Iran's atomic program was the work of its two biggest foes and that the German company must take some of the blame.

Siemens declined to comment.

"The investigations show the source of the Stuxnet virus originated in America and the Zionist regime," Jalali was quoted as saying.

This has the potential to be a spark to the powder-keg tension of Iran, Israel, Russia, and the US.

Keep an eye out for this developing story.