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Stuxnet Allegedly Loaded By Iranian Double Agents

Posted by samzenpus on from the who's-to-blame dept.

First time accepted submitter rainbo writes "According to a report from ISSSource, a saboteur who was likely a member of an Iranian dissident group loaded the Stuxnet virus on to a flash drive and infected machines at the Natanz nuclear facility. Iran's intelligence minister, Heydar Moslehi, said that an unspecified amount of 'nuclear spies' were arrested on ties to this attack. Some officials believe these spies belonged to Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK), which is used as the assassination arm of the Israeli Mossad."

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  1. Re:from the who's-to-blame dept. by Xandrax · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The answer to this question will become obvious if Iran gets nukes. If Iran goes nuclear, expect a number of Middle East countries to start taking steps to acquire nuclear weapons themselves, as a deterent to a nuclear Iran. These will be the same counties that didn't have an issue with not having nuclear weapons when Isreal was the only country in the region to have them.

  2. Re:from the who's-to-blame dept. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    And when was the last time Iran attacked some other country?

    Iranian agents regular attack people around the world, such as in Argentina: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_AMIA_bombing

    Iran has cannon fodder to do their dirty work (like Hizbullah).

    and civilians killed in the process are no problem

    In Iran's case, civilians killed in the process is the desired result.