Stuxnet virus during the first 5 years, ago hit Iran

Experts in Symantec Stuxnet virus a version of insecurity that as early as in 2007, was attacked Iran's nuclear program, the first year has exposed first thought.

A couple of years ago when it became known malware in Natanz uranium enrichment facility by taking the country's nuclear program have started to close. Recently, Symantec malware experts exports from the
affected PC between multiple versions of a piece of code, which they dubbed "0.5 Stuxnet" exposed.

It is learned that Stuxnet 0.5 2005 (time, Iran's uranium enrichment facility still building) was behind growth in 2007, while stationed at the Natanz facility is on-line. Symantec researcher Liam O'Murchu, according to hackers making it really such a project created 8 years ago and was thinking of was no objection. But it is obvious that cyber weapons at Natanz was powerful enough to cripple production 6 years ago.



Security experts suspect the malware enough to destroy the centrifuges without being damaged. It is still not clear whether the loss is due to a 0.5 Stuxnet. Security company explained that the plant operators to open and aware, without uranium hexafluoride gas which fed into centrifuges to valves, Natanz facility was attacked.

Other versions of Stuxnet 0.5 The gas centrifuges spinning speed by changing the enrichment process was sabotaged it worked. Non-safety experts declared that the Stuxnet 4 different versions now exposed and likely others that have not been discovered yet. In the meantime, researchers are still to find out who is behind the dangerous malware problem is short proof.