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Snowden verifies Israel & U.S. created Stuxnet virus that attacked Iran

The Stuxnet virus in 2010 wrought havoc on equipment that disabled 1,000 centrifuges being used by the Iranians to enrich uranium.

By JTA

 

 

Whistleblower Edward Snowden told a German magazine that Israel and the United States created the Stuxnet computer virus that destroyed nuclear centrifuges in Iran. 

Iran's Ahmadinejad at Natanz nuclear facility

Snowden made the statement as part of an interview with the German news magazine Der Spiegel in which he answered encrypted questions sent by security software developer Jacob Appelbaum and documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras. Excerpts of the interview were published Monday on the Spiegel website.

Snowden was asked if the U.S. National Security Agency partners “with other nations, like Israel?”

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EXCLUSIVE: Stuxnet virus was out of control, Kaspersky had to reveal it

 

Get ready for Cyber Armageddon. In an exclusive interview, Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of one of the largest digital security firms in the world, lifts the veil on a shadowy world of internet espionage and sabotage: and it’s not a pretty sight

By Ilan Gattegno
Eugene Kaspersky, the founder and CEO of Kaspersky Labs, one of the largest digital security firms in the world, made an appearance earlier this week at the International Cyber Security Conference hosted by Tel Aviv University’s Yuval Ne’eman Workshop. Among the cyber-literate crowd, Kaspersky is a mega celebrity.

Eugene Kaspersky – Photo: KOKO

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Experts: U.S. Cyber War on Iran is only Beginning

Experts believe the U.S. cyber war against Iran’s nuclear program is only just beginning and could escalate.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

 

A U.S. cyber war against Iran’s nuclear program may have only just begun and could escalate with explosions triggered by digital sabotage, experts told AFP on Friday.

Although the Iranian regime remains vulnerable to more cyber attacks in the aftermath of the Stuxnet worm that disrupted its uranium enrichment work, Tehran may be receiving help from Russian proxies for its digital security, some analysts said.

According to David Albright, president of the Institute for Science and International Security, the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program is “really not that well protected” from more digital assaults and Iran will be hard-pressed to safeguard its uranium enrichment efforts from tainted software. Continue Reading »