That's all I know. Posted the story in case anyone wanted to follow up. Billy -------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 9/25/2010 8:31:20 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
I am hoping the worm was created by one of our intelligence groups as a cyber attack. Affecting the US could just be a little "collateral" damage. Do we know how much damage, if any was inflicted on Irans nuke program? Barry Straits Times / Singapore > > Sep 25, 2010 > Iran to combat worm > > > TEHRAN - IRAN'S nuclear agency is trying to combat a complex computer worm > that has affected industrial sites throughout the country and is capable > of > taking over power plants, Iranian media reports said. > Experts from the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran met this week to > discuss how to remove the malicious computer code, or worm, the > semi-official > ISNA news agency reported on Friday. > The computer worm, dubbed Stuxnet, can take over systems that control the > inner workings of industrial plants. Experts in Germany discovered the > worm > in July, and it has since shown up in a number of attacks - primarily in > Iran, Indonesia, India and the US. > The ISNA report said the malware had spread throughout Iran, but did not > name specific sites affected. Foreign media reports have speculated the > worm > was aimed at disrupting Iran's first nuclear power plant, which is to go > online in October in the southern port city of Bushehr. > Iranian newspapers have reported on the computer worm hitting industries > around the country in recent weeks, without giving details. Friday's > report > also did not mention Bushehr. > The Russian-built plant will be internationally supervised, but world > powers remain concerned that Iran wants to use its civil nuclear power > programme > as a cover for making weapons. Iran denies such an aim and says its > nuclear work is solely for peaceful purposes. -- AP > > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org > -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
