New clues that the Stuxnet worm may have been created to sabotage Iranian attempts to turn uranium into atomic bomb-grade fuel. Stuxnet, the worm targets industrial systems that control very high speed electrical motors, such as those used to spin gas centrifuges, one of the ways uranium can be enriched into fissionable material. Stuxnet, considered by many security researchers to be the most sophisticated malware ever, targeted Windows PCs that managed large-scale industrial-control systems in manufacturing and utility companies. Those control systems, called SCADA, for "supervisory control and data acquisition," operate everything from power plants and factory machinery to oil pipelines and military installations. In September, Iran officials confirmed that Stuxnet infected 30,000 PCs in the country, but have denied that the worm had caused any significant damage or infiltrated the SCADA systems at the Bushehr nuclear reactor. Symantec's latest analysis indicates that the reactor was not the target. Instead, Stuxnet aimed to disrupt uranium enrichment efforts. Stuxnet looks for devices called "frequency converter drives" connected to a SCADA system, said Chien. Such drives take electrical current from a power grid, then change the output to a much higher frequency, typically 600 Hz or higher. Sabotaging centrifuge motor speed will do more than that, said Ivanka Barzashka, a research assistant with the Strategic Security Program of FAS, and an expert on gas centrifuges. "A centrifuge is a delicate piece of equipment and operating a centrifuge at the right frequency is extremely important," Barzashka said in an e-mail Sunday. "Problems controlling the operating frequency can cause the machines to fly apart."
Well the article you are quoting is 3 months old, so they are not really "new" clues anymore, eh? http://www.computerworld.com/s/arti...sabotage_of_Iran_s_uranium_enrichment_program
This is a bit old news, but one thing is certain, the Zionists are trying very hard to get the rest of the world to do the dirty work for them (attacking Iran), knowing that they are not capable of doing so without serious consequences.
New News http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/ In recent days, the retiring chief of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, Meir Dagan, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton separately announced that they believed Iran’s efforts had been set back by several years. Mrs. Clinton cited American-led sanctions, which have hurt Iran’s ability to buy components and do business around the world. The gruff Mr. Dagan, whose organization has been accused by Iran of being behind the deaths of several Iranian scientists, told the Israeli Knesset in recent days that Iran had run into technological difficulties that could delay a bomb until 2015. That represented a sharp reversal from Israel’s long-held argument that Iran was on the cusp of success. The biggest single factor in putting time on the nuclear clock appears to be Stuxnet, the most sophisticated cyberweapon ever deployed. In interviews over the past three months in the United States and Europe, experts who have picked apart the computer worm describe it as far more complex — and ingenious — than anything they had imagined when it began circulating around the world, unexplained, in mid-2009. The worm itself now appears to have included two major components. One was designed to send Iran’s nuclear centrifuges spinning wildly out of control. Another seems right out of the movies: The computer program also secretly recorded what normal operations at the nuclear plant looked like, then played those readings back to plant operators, like a pre-recorded security tape in a bank heist, so that it would appear that everything was operating normally while the centrifuges were actually tearing themselves apart. The attacks were not fully successful: Some parts of Iran’s operations ground to a halt, while others survived, according to the reports of international nuclear inspectors.
If the Zionists were really behind the cyber attack, then Iran has a reason to attack them, I won't be surprised if they did so.
I don't believe we've taken any responsibility for this. However, the computer worm definitely does buy more time. We don't want to go to war with Iran, yet, we don't want them to have nuclear weapons. So, in this way, at least, traditional military action can quite possible be avoided altogether.
Rebbeca I love stuxnet and pay respect everyone who made it. they prevent a war. Securesite Funny Cartoon! lol seems it damaged Bushehr nuclear power plant hardly and can make another disastrous for us. then I don't love stuxnet anymore .
I confused, what is right, wikileaks or other sources! http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/20/iran-highly-enriched-uranium-wikileaks?CMP=NECNETTXT766
Both, possibly. Iran may have already enriched enough uranium for a bomb, but apparently this virus has wiped out(physically damaged beyond repair) 20% of their centrifuges. As far as the reactor is concerned, they would be foolish to bring it online with a known virus in the system. Once the system is shut down, it should be no threat to anyone.
Stuxnet was nice but it pales in comparison whit what can e done whit a bit of C .Nevertheless it showed that things can still be done . If the idiots(their many fan g.i.r.l.) behind wikileaks would have any brains instead of greedy egos the Chinese wouldn't have a Golden Shield and babak would be browsing YouTube .
problem is our government denied stuxnet problem and promised start Bushehr atomic planet soon. in fact they made this promise 4 month ago! I guess in future soon able to see youtube again. by VPN.
"only israel and the USA can have nukes and nobody else can have nukes" LOL reminds me of the catholic church trying to keep the world "flat" the US cant even control crime in its own country, what makes you think you can control global progress? LOL be nice to small nations one day they WILL have the power to hurt the US.
Nice to see you equate nuclear weapons and the ability to hurt the US to progress . No wonder most of the civilized world is behind nuclear non-proliferation.
Apocalyps that picture was meaningful, tanks for sharing. Atvking don't want deny what you said but anyway USA has such power and their sanctions are working because all the world powers support them against Iran.
Well when aTVguy posted even as a joke that US and Israel are the only ones allowed to have nukes the answer was couldn't be anything else . The guy got the crap bombed out of him and he'll be eternally bitter . Still that's not an excuse for gross ignorance .