Tag Archive for: Stuxnet

Factbox: Implications of apparent Stuxnet Iran cyber attack – Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) – An apparent cyber attack on Iran shows the vulnerability of critical national infrastructure systems to attack through widely used computer programs and imported technology. Iranian officials said Sunday that the Stuxnet worm had …
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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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Malicious Stuxnet computer code attacking industrial systems – LJWORLD

Washington — A powerful computer code attacking industrial facilities around the world, but mainly in Iran, probably was created by experts working for a country or a well-funded private group, according to an analysis by a leading computer security …
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Iran struggling to contain ‘foreign-made’ ‘Stuxnet’ computer virus – Washington Post

hundreds of Iranian Web sites have also been under attack. Tehran-based engineers specializing in repairing personal computers said they had not noticed any upsurge in demands of repairs because of the virus. Computers are widely used in Iranian society,
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