Iran Denies that a computer virus set back the Iranian
nuclear program by 2 years.
1-17-2011 News Update - The worm itself now appears to have included
two major components. One was designed to send Iran’s nuclear centrifuges
spinning wildly out of control. Another seems right out of the movies: The
computer program also secretly recorded what normal operations at the
nuclear plant looked like, then played those readings back to plant
operators, like a pre-recorded security tape in a bank heist, so that it
would appear that everything was operating normally while the centrifuges
were actually tearing themselves apart.
The attacks were not fully successful: Some parts of Iran’s operations
ground to a halt, while others survived, according to the reports of
international nuclear inspectors. Nor is it clear the attacks are over: Some
experts who have examined the code believe it contains the seeds for yet
more versions and assaults.
 <Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Tours Centrifuges used for Nuclear Enrichment.
November 2010 - The United Nations - International Atomic
Energy Agency Reports that contrary to the relevant resolutions of the Board
of Governors and the Security Council, Iran has not suspended its
enrichment related activities
Full Report
November 2010 - Stuxnet computer worm - Iran's enrichment program has
come under renewed focus with the conclusion of cyber experts and analysts
that the Stuxnet worm that infected Iran's nuclear program was designed to
abruptly change the rotational speeds of motors such as ones used in
centrifuges. Such sudden changes can crash centrifuges and damage them
beyond repair.
December 2010 - Iran says the computer worm didn't harm their nuclear
program. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad admitted that "software installed in
electronic equipment" damaged "several" of the country's uranium enrichment
centrifuges. "They were able to disable on a limited basis some of our
centrifuges by software installed in electronic equipment," Ahmadinejad
responded to reporters after he was asked whether his country's nuclear
program encountered problems. "Our specialists stopped that and they will
not be able to do it again," the Iranian president declared.
Earlier in November, Symantec, a computer security firm, said that computer
worm "Stuxnet" might have been created to damage electronics that power
uranium enrichment centrifuges. Iranian officials reiterated that the
country's nuclear program was not harmed by Stuxnet, and rejected claims
that there was a halt in the enrichment.
However, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a report that a
one-day outage did occur within Iran's Natanz nuclear plant earlier that
month.
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=196429
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12/15/2010 - Stuxnet virus set back Iran’s nuclear program by 2 years-
Stuxnet specifically targeted Iranian nuclear program
Top German computer consultant says the virus was as effective as military
strike and was a huge success. The Stuxnet virus, which has attacked Iran’s
nuclear facilities and which Israel is suspected of creating, has set back
the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program by two years, a top German computer
consultant who was one of the first experts to analyze the program’s code
told The Jerusalem Post.
“It will take two years for Iran to get back on track,” Langer said in a
telephone interview from his office in Hamburg, Germany. “This was nearly as
effective as a military strike, but even better since there are no
fatalities and no full-blown war. From a military perspective, this was a
huge success.”
Langer spoke to the Post amid news reports that the virus was still
infecting Iran’s computer systems at its main uranium enrichment facility at
Natanz and its reactor at Bushehr.
Last month, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United
Nation’s nuclear watchdog, said that Iran had suspended work at its
nuclear-field production facilities, likely a result of the Stuxnet virus.
According to Langer, Iran’s best move would be to throw out all of the
computers that have been infected by the worm, which he said was the most
“advanced and aggressive malware in history.” But, he said, even once all of
the computers were thrown out, Iran would have to ensure that computers used
by outside contractors were also clean of Stuxnet.
“It is extremely difficult to clean up installations from Stuxnet, and we
know that Iran is no good in IT [information technology] security, and they
are just beginning to learn what this all means,” he said. “Just to get
their systems running again they have to get rid of the virus, and this will
take time, and then they need to replace the equipment, and they have to
rebuild the centrifuges at Natanz and possibly buy a new turbine for Bushehr.”
Widespread speculation has named Israel’s Military Intelligence Unit 8200,
known for its advanced Signal Intelligence (SIGINT) capabilities, as the
possible creator of the software, as well as the United States.
Langer said that in his opinion at least two countries – possibly Israel and
the United States – were behind Stuxnet.
Israel has traditionally declined comment on its suspected involvement in
the Stuxnet virus, but senior IDF officers recently confirmed that Iran had
encountered significant technological difficulties with its centrifuges at
the Natanz enrichment facility.
“We can say that it must have taken several years to develop, and we arrived
at this conclusion through code analysis, since the code on the control
systems is 15,000 lines of code, and this is a huge amount,” Langer said.
“This piece of evidence led us to conclude that this is not by a hacker,” he
continued. “It had to be a country, and we can also conclude that even one
nation-state would not have been able to do this on its own.”
Eric Byres, a computer security expert who runs a website called Tofino
Security, which provides solutions for industrial companies with Stuxnet-related
problems, told the Post on Tuesday that the number of Iranians visiting his
site had jumped tremendously in recent weeks – a likely indication that the
virus is still causing great disarray at Iranian nuclear facilities.
“What caught our attention was that last year we maybe had one or two people
from Iran trying to access the secure areas on our site,” Byres said. “Iran
was never on the map for us, and all of a sudden we are now getting massive
numbers of people going to our website, and people who we can identify as
being from Iran.”
Byres said that some people openly identified themselves as Iranian when
asking for permission to log onto his website, while others were
impersonating employees of industries with which he frequently works.
“There are a large number of people trying to access the secure areas
directly from Iran and other people who are putting together fake
identities,” he said. “We are talking about hundreds. It could be people who
are curious about what is going on, but we are such a specialized site that
it would only make sense that these are people who are involved in control
systems.”
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=199475
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