US and Israel were behind Stuxnet claims researcher

[Michael Haney]

Considering the capabilities of the virus that took down the nuclear
enrichment plant in Iran I highly doubt it.  From what I've heard this
thing has capabilities nobody has ever seen before.  To say its
advanced is an understatement.

On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> Israel and the United States created the Stuxnet worm to sabotage Iran's
> nuclear programme, a leading security expert has claimed.
>
> Ralph Langner told a conference in California that the malicious software
> was designed to cripple systems that could help build an Iranian bomb.
>
> Mr Langner was one of the first researchers to show how Stuxnet could take
> control of industrial equipment.
>
> It is widely believed that its target was machinery used to enrich uranium.
>
> Speaking at the TED conference in Long Beach, California, Mr Langner said:
> "My opinion is that Mossad [Israel's intelligence agency] is involved."
>
> However he speculated that Israel was not the main driver behind the
> creation of Stuxnet.
>
> "There is only one leading source, and that is the United States," said Mr
> Langner.
>
> [More]
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12633240
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