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U.S. power plants at risk of attack by computer virus like Stuxnet – Washington Post

A sophisticated worm designed to infiltrate industrial control systems could be used as a blueprint to sabotage machines that are critical to U.S. power plants, electrical grids and other infrastructure, experts are warning. The discovery of Stuxnet which …
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Cyber attack appears to target Iran: tech firms – msnbc.com

A computer virus that attacks a widely used industrial system appears aimed mostly at Iran and its sophistication suggests a state may have been involved in creating it, Western cyber security companies said on Friday. Kevin Hogan, Senior Director of …
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IRAN: Speculation on Israeli involvement in malware computer attack – Los Angeles Times

It took Iran several months since the reports that it was hardest hit by the computer worm known as Stuxnet  but recently authorities conceded that about 30,000 IP addresses had been infected with the malware. The worm affected computers of staff at the …
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Iran Believes Attack By Computer Virus Is Cyber Terrorism – All Headline News

Bushehr, Iran (AHN) – A sophisticated computer code dubbed the “Stuxnet worm” has hit computers in Iran, particularly those inside its first nuclear power plant in the southern port city of Bushehr that is expected to go operational in October. Iranian …
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