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The Stuxnet attack exploited four such vulnerabilities.

'Zero days' tells story of appeals court says Iran Stuxnet worm & Natanz can keep cuneiform tablets

It was said that the success of Stuxnet - in both forms - averted a planned military strike by Israel against Iran's reprocessing efforts in 2011.

IRGC's Cyber-War With The Saudi-Led GCC Bloc

Snowden pointed his finger at the US for starting a pattern of using digital weapons as "normal" military weapons when it first launched Stuxnet, a computer worm designed to destroy Iran's nuclear program, which has kicked off a trend of retaliation by other countries when they realize they have been attacked.

Iran Calls for Int'l Campaign against Cyber Attacks

Various teams of cyber experts from around the world began dissecting the code of this cyber worm, which became known as Stuxnet, and debates grew over its origin and targets.

Stuxnet and its hidden lessons on the ethics of cyberweapons

Stuxnet security flaw was first spotted by German security researcher Michael Heerklotz.

Microsoft releases patches for FREAK and Stuxnet security flaws

Stuxnet was used to take Iran's uranium centrifuges offline by

While all eyes are on Freak fix, Microsoft patches five-year-old Stuxnet vuln

A new version of Stuxnet was compiled and time-stamped on June 22, 2009, the day hard-line candidate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was officially declared the winner of a contested presidential election.

The United States and Iran are in a Mexican standoff

Woodward pointed that once Stuxnet was released, its spread was impossible to predict or control because the code intended for Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities attacked Siemens control systems, including electrical generation plants, factories and water treatment works.

S. Korea developing Stuxnet-like cyberweapons to physically damage N. Korea nuke facilities

htm) Stuxnet attack on the Natanz nuclear plant in Iran in January.

Israel and Saudi Arabia 'Plotting Cyber Attack on Iran's Nuclear Project'

On June 1, 2012, The New York Times revealed that Stuxnet was part of a wave of sophisticated digital attacks codenamed "Olympic Games," which US President Barack Obama had ordered against the computer systems that run Iran's main nuclear enrichment facilities.

Iran to Hold Nationwide Cyber Maneuver

When asked whether the NSA helped write the Stuxnet program, Snowden said "the NSA and Israel wrote Stuxnet together.

Snowden: Israel, US created Stuxnet virus

Stuxnet is the most sophisticated piece of malware in history, and it was discovered in the wild earlier this year.