A top expert in protecting industry and infrastructure from cyber-attacks has told the Financial Times that a computer worm which surfaced more than a year ago may well have been a deliberate attempt by the U.S. government to destroy Iran’s primary nuclear facility.
The highly sophisticated Stuxnet worm attacks specific Siemens software used to operate machinery with the intent of destroying it. Reliable experts say it is so devious and powerful that it must have been created by a governmental entity.