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Stuxnet Attack Over as Worm Self-Destructs

antiwar.com
Jason Ditz

The massive Stuxnet worm attacks, which US and Israeli hackers launched against the Iranian civilian nuclear program and which eventually was attacking Siemens industrial computers across the planet, has self-destructed this morning, ending a major headache that spanned the planet.

The Stuxnet Worm was first discovered in June 2010 attacking Iranian industrial computers related to the enrichment of uranium. It damaged several centrifuges and then started attacking computers across the planet. The worm was developed by the CIA, with the help of the Department of Energy and Israeli hackers.

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