On Retirement, Israeli General Takes Credit for Stuxnet Attacks

dinscott writes "Last month, The New York Times ran a story about Stuxnet having been developed by the Americans and the Israelis as a part of a joint project, but it was based on claims by confidential sources. It now seems that the information from these sources was correct. The Haaretz — Israel's oldest daily newspaper — reports on a surprising video that was played at a party organized for General Gabi Ashkenazi's last day on the job."

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Everything you need to know

[slashqwerty]

From the article:

There is always the possibility that this was just a way of magnifying the General's achievements, but it is also possible it is true.

In other words, it confirms nothing.

Re:Everything you need to know

[JoshuaZ]

Yes, when I read the headline my first thought was "The Israelis can't possibly be so stupid as to do that. That's almost tantamount to admitting to an act of war. And doing it now will just make the faltering Iranian government look more like a valid object of sympathy." And then I read TFA. Yeah.

Re:Beautiful

[mr100percent]

How is Israel "keeping the Middle East nuclear-free" when it is widely regarded to have at least 100 nuclear weapons of its own? The Dimona Nuclear Complex is not exactly a secret.

Re:Cyber terrorisim

[Draek]

Of course not, he's a Freedom Fighter (tm).

Remember, it's not terrorism if the US or its allies does it.

Re:serious for a moment

[Compaqt]

This is a tangent, but it's funny to me how what are called the "moderate Arab states" have been the most repressive, either socio-religiously (Saudi Arabia), or politically (Jordan and the Persian Gulf states).

Sadly, a lot of different factors combined to destroy the only multi-cultural democracy in the Middle East: Lebanon.