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America and Israel Cyber-Sabotage Iran Nuclear Weapon

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U.S., Israel developed Flame computer virus to slow Iranian nuclear efforts, officials say     By Ellen Nakashima, Greg Miller and Julie Tate, Tuesday, June 19, 1:07 PM The United States and Israel jointly developed a sophisticated computer virus nicknamed Flame that collected intelligence in preparation for cyber-sabotage aimed at slowing Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear…

First Strike in Global Cyber Wars

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The powerful computer virus called the Stuxnet worm has captured the world’s attention, in part because of its sophistication, and because of speculation about what the malicious software might have targeted.  “Stuxnet is really a computer worm on steroids,” says Robert McMillan, a computer security specialist and senior writer for the IDG News Service.  “We…