Stxnet Virus Attack Iran Nuclear ?

Stuxnet and Nuclear

New facts about the virus Stuxnet uncovered is, of constituent codes, is strongly suspected that the virus is designed to sabotage nuclear power plants in Iran.

“The indications, Stuxnet makers want to get into the system and not found for a long time and make changes slowly and silently, without causing system failure,” writes Liam O Murchu, researchers Symantec Security Response, in a research paper which quoted from Wired .


Initially, Stuxnet thought of as an ordinary worm is quite sophisticated. But, researchers then found a worm that targets specific systems’ supervisory control and data acquisition “(SCADA).

SCADA systems are used to control the pipeline, nuclear power plants and other manufacturing equipment.

Furthermore, the researchers found that Stuxnet designed to intercept commands from SCADA specific to certain functions. Although not yet certain what, but the latest findings reinforce the notion that the target is the Bushehr nuclear power plant or Natanz in Iran