Kludge
12-27-2010, 04:52 PM
I guess considering all the other ways the US could have disabled Iran'd nuclear program (assuming they did), this is relatively good news.
"A new report appears to add fuel to suspicions that the Stuxnet superworm was responsible for sabotaging centrifuges at a uranium enrichment plant in Iran.
The report, released Thursday by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), indicates that commands in the Stuxnet code intended to increase the frequency of devices targeted by the malware match exactly several frequencies at which rotors in centrifuges at Iran’s Natanz enrichment plant are designed to operate optimally. Failure to operate at those frequencies leave them at risk of breaking down and flying apart."
Full story @ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/12/report-strengthens-suspicions-that-stuxnet-harmed-irans-nuke-plant.ars
"A new report appears to add fuel to suspicions that the Stuxnet superworm was responsible for sabotaging centrifuges at a uranium enrichment plant in Iran.
The report, released Thursday by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), indicates that commands in the Stuxnet code intended to increase the frequency of devices targeted by the malware match exactly several frequencies at which rotors in centrifuges at Iran’s Natanz enrichment plant are designed to operate optimally. Failure to operate at those frequencies leave them at risk of breaking down and flying apart."
Full story @ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/12/report-strengthens-suspicions-that-stuxnet-harmed-irans-nuke-plant.ars