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Surveillance Footage and Code Clues Indicate Stuxnet Hit Iran
New clues about Stuxnet provide the strongest evidence yet that the superworm targeted a nuclear enrichment plant in Iran, according to a new report.
The clues come from surveillance cameras installed by international investigators at the Natanz enrichment plant in Iran – which show Iranian workers feverishly replacing damaged equipment during the time Stuxnet is believed to have attacked the plant. Other clues appear in the attack code itself, showing that the worm targeted a configuration that researchers now say match precisely the centrifuge setup at Natanz. And still more clues are found i...
Warding Off E-Mail Snoops
Illustration: Anthony Tremmaglia
The email, dated February 27, 2007, seemed depressingly generic: “I think my gilfriend is cheating on me been together for years and years we don’t live together but need to get her password on msn so i can check her convasations out can you help please.” As the author of a book called Hackers, I get a few such requests every year, though they’re usually not so grammatically warped. As always, I ignored it. Why would I help someone with something like that? And anyway, this guy’s job was depressingly easy, especially if he had access to the victim’s computer. Th...