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Iran's Nukes Targeted by New Virus, Meet STARS
Posted: 25 Apr 2011 06:19 AM PDT
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Stuxnet is the virus which has infected the computers the Iranian nuclear
centrifuges for almost a year, causing them to be damaged. The job of the
centrifuge is to purify Uranium so it could be used for reactors and/or
weapons. Stuxnet "takes control" of the centrifuge and spins them of control
so they burn out. Until recently Iran had repeatedly denied that the complex
computer worm had affected its nuclear program. In November, the UN said
Iran had temporarily halted most of its uranium enrichment. It is clear that
this cyber-attack has slowed down Iran's march toward a nuclear weapon. Both
the United States and Israel have pushed back their time-lines saying that
Iran is now a few years away from achieving nuclear weapons.
Now it seems a second virus has infected the Iranian weapons program, Stars
Iran's Mehr news agency quoted Gholam Reza Jalali, the head of an Iranian
civil defense organization on Monday saying the so-called Stars virus is
compatible with the targeted computer system, but he did not specify the
target or what the virus might do. He said that Stars
<http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=217795> is part of
a cyber-war against Iran's nuclear program (you think?).
"Fortunately, our young experts have been able to discover this virus and
the Stars virus is now in the laboratory for more investigations," Jalali
was quoted as saying. He did not specify the target of Stars or its intended
impact.
"The particular characteristics of the Stars virus have been discovered,"
Jalali said. "The virus is congruous and harmonious with the [computer]
system and in the initial phase it does minor damage and might be mistaken
for some executive files of government organizations."
According to Mr. Jalali the Stuxnet worm, which disabled the centrifuges
associated with Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactor last year, still posed a
potential risk. Iran said in September that staff computers at Bushehr had
been hit but that the plant itself was unharmed. But Bushehr has not been
started up, missing several deadlines putting Iran's statements about
Stuxnet not doing any damage into question.
Jalali said Stuxnet might still pose a risk. "We should know that fighting
the Stuxnet virus does not mean the threat has been completely tackled,
because viruses have a certain life span and they might continue their
activities in another way."
He urged the government to take action against the enemies he said were
waging cyber war on Iran.
"Perhaps the Foreign Ministry had overlooked the options to legally pursue
the case, and it seems our diplomatic apparatus should pay more attention to
follow up the cyber wars staged against Iran," Jalali said.
Iran has accused the United States and Israel of launching Stuxnet, which
was publicly identified last June and reportedly mutated and infected at
least 30,000 pieces of computerized industrial equipment in the following
months. It will be interesting to follow the development of Stars to see if
it too, does what sanctions haven't, slow down the Iranian march to
attaining status as a nuclear power.
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