In January 2010, inspectors with the International Atomic Energy Agency visiting the Natanz uranium enrichment plant in Iran noticed that centrifuges used to enrich uranium gas were failing at an unprecedented rate. The cause was a complete mystery. Five months later a seemingly unrelated event occurred. A computer security firm in Belarus was called in to troubleshoot a series of computers in Iran that were crashing and rebooting repeatedly. Again, the cause of the problem was a mystery. That is, until the researchers found a handful of malicious files on one of the systems and discovered the world The link for this article located at Wired is no longer available. . Exploring the implications of Stuxnet on Iran's nuclear ambitions via groundbreaking cyber tactics.. Stuxnet, Nuclear Disruption, Cybersecurity Threats. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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