Revealed: How a secret Dutch mole aided the U.S.-Israeli Stuxnet cyberattack on Iran

mood · Sep 2, 2019

Revealed: How a secret Dutch mole aided the U.S.-Israeli Stuxnet cyberattack on Iran
September 2, 2019
https://news.yahoo.com/revealed-how...i-stuxnet-cyber-attack-on-iran-160026018.html

For years, an enduring mystery has surrounded the Stuxnet virus attack that targeted Iran’s nuclear program: How did the U.S. and Israel get their malware onto computer systems at the highly secured uranium-enrichment plant?

An Iranian engineer recruited by the Dutch intelligence agency AIVD provided critical data that helped the U.S. developers target their code to the systems at Natanz, according to four intelligence sources. That mole then provided much-needed inside access when it came time to slip Stuxnet onto those systems using a USB flash drive.
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FanJ · Sep 3, 2019

.. according to four intelligence sources ..
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And why on earth are those "intelligence sources" talking about this at all ??

Maybe after some 75 years ...

mood · Sep 6, 2019

Industry Reactions to Iranian Mole Planting Stuxnet
September 6, 2019
https://www.securityweek.com/industry-reactions-iranian-mole-planting-stuxnet-feedback-friday

Yahoo News reported this week that an Iranian mole recruited by Dutch intelligence helped the United States and Israel sabotage Iran’s nuclear program by planting the Stuxnet malware on computers inside a nuclear facility.
The Stuxnet malware and its several versions have been analyzed by many researchers and it has been known that the worm was likely delivered via a USB drive, but it has only now come to light exactly how the attack took place.

Industry professionals have commented on the report, including on whether it would be more difficult to pull off the Stuxnet attack today, now that organizations are more aware of the risks posed by cyber threats to industrial systems. [...]
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