Yesterday’s paper had an item about a computer virus, Stuxnet by name, that has found its way into industrial networks around the world, most particularly in Iran. So sophisticated was the virus that it seemed to all that it was probably the work of a government agency — and the likely suspect, given the apparent target, is Israel.
Our reader JK has sent along a link to a post over at In From The Cold (it’s on our sidebar, but I’d missed this one) that offers something of an insider’s look. Here.
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“Oh no” say’s Iran, “there’s some mistake.”
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/144517.html
And you’ve likely seen this:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/world/middleeast/30worm.html