The Cyber War Against Iran

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the Natanz nuclear fuel enrichment facility outside Tehran in April 2008. Newscom

How Stuxnet Cyber Weapon Targeted Iran Nuclear Plant -- Christian Science Monitor

Researchers from California and Germany dove into the Stuxnet code and found it sought out specialized components used in Iran nuclear centrifuges – and could cause them to explode.

Stuxnet, the world's first known “cyber missile,” was designed to sabotage special power supplies used almost exclusively in nuclear fuel-refining centrifuge systems, researchers studying its code have revealed. The discovery is another puzzle piece experts say points to Iran's nuclear centrifuge plants as the likely target.

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