Stuxnet may have helped more than harmed Iran’s nuclear program
MAY 16, 2013
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.027020
Telegraph : Ivanka Barzashka of King’s College London believes that the Stuxnet computer worm may have encouraged Iran to increase the security of its nuclear enrichment program. Stuxnet is believed to have been developed by the US and Israel to target Iran’s industrial equipment. In a report published in the journal of the Royal United Services Institute , Barzashka, who analyzed data collected by the International Atomic Energy Agency, claims that the worm revealed vulnerabilities that would have otherwise remained hidden. She also shows that since the discovery of the worm in August 2010, the number of centrifuges in Iran has increased and the levels of enrichment that Iran has attained are even higher than before. Barzashka’s analysis has drawn some criticism from intelligence agencies, which claim that Stuxnet undoubtedly slowed Iran’s production.
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