New York Times Reports US and Israel Behind Stuxnet

Oxford_Comma_Lover writes "Confirming heavy speculation in the Slashdot community, the New York Times reports that joint US-Israeli efforts were almost certainly behind the recent Stuxnet attack on Iran's nuclear program." The article stops just short of saying in so many words that Israeli is the doer, but leaves little doubt of its conclusion.

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Re:When this happens to the US or its allies

[Titan1080]

Uh. The US barely 'won' against a FAR inferior Iraq, and is losing badly against a stone age country. I'm pretty sure Iran would do just fine, especially seeing as how they have control of 100% of the straits of Hormuz.

Re:From the No-**** Department...

[Gla'funk]

0. Please mod parent up.

1. Yes China did it (not Finland lol, one of the companies is just a Chinese owned company in Finland), it's the suggestion that makes the most sense from a practical point of view. I'd also like to emphasize that Stuxnet is subtle and elegant ---far east sensual finesse--- , attributes in very short supply from the US and Israel in recent years/decades.

2. One should be grateful for Stuxnet no matter who did it but remember it is extremely likely it was China. Yes China has some very serious human rights issues including Tibet but they can also do good and deserve credit when they do (and Stuxnet is not the only thing to be grateful to China and the Chinese people for).

2. It won't ever be declassified, I doubt there are any papers in the first place. Why do people mistakenly assume things can't be decided and organized without paper? The Chinese explanation would be a tight and relaxed (not a contradiction at all) operation without any need for specific documentation or written approval of any kind [SH/BG]. I wouldn't have a single problem running it myself nor would most people with half a brain :3

It's stuff that was most likely put together during a tea break and a few nommy take-out lunches with a very few people at different companies in the same city by the people with the knowledge: a "downwards up run" that when confirmed feasible just required a yes/no answer from a mid-ranking intelligence official with a solid situational awareness (so as not to make anyone get in trouble afterwards) i.e. someone who made sure to cover his/her Chinese ass from on high before giving the go-ahead :)

(Yes this non-Chinese wants it to be true: it's how this kind of stuff is supposed to be done if done right).

3. NYT and almost every news-article from the western world suffers from such a massive confirmation bias it's actually entertaining. It's not news though nor journalism.

*drums stomach*

By the way: congratulations to the people of Tunis and the relatively (compared to batons and bullets) modest but high-spirited and helpful efforts of Anonymous. So far so good.

And no; one won't read much about that angle in any newspapers :3 a hint or slight mention here and there but not much. Doesn't matter but shows how little information there usually is to be found in ordinary "news".