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In a “60 Minutes” broadcast in March, correspondent Steve Kroft reported that Stuxnet was first detected and isolated by a tiny company in Belarus after one of its clients in Iran complained about a software glitch in June of 2010. Within a month, a copy of the computer bug was being analyzed within a tight knit community of computer security experts, and it appeared to be the first salvo in a new era of warfare.
In June, a new virus called “Flame”, was unleashed. It was a massive, data-slurping cyberweapon circulating in the Middle East, and computers in Iran appear to have been particularly affected, according Kaspersky.
Kaspersky said the “Flame” virus was unprecedented both in terms of its size and complexity, 마카오 시티오브드림 possessing the ability to turn infected computers into all-purpose spying machines that can even suck information out of nearby cell phones.
Speculation as to the virus’ authorship has quickly settled around Israel or the United States, a theory which was given credence by an article in The New York Times detailing how President Barack Obama ordered a wave of cyberattacks – code-named Olympic Games – which included unleashing Stuxnet against Iran’s underground nuclear plant at Natanz.
The article also claimed that Israelis cooperated with the highly classified project.
The Times drew on anonymous sources, but its detailed description of conversations in the Oval Office among Obama, the vice president and the CIA director, was the most direct evidence to date of U.S. responsibility for Stuxnet.
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