Source: Peter Apps, Globe and Mail
An apparent cyber attack on Iran shows the vulnerability of critical national infrastructure systems to attack through widely used computer programs and imported technology.
Iranian officials said on Sunday that the Stuxnet worm had infected staff computers at the Bushehr nuclear power plant but had not affected major systems there.
The worm utilizes security holes in Microsoft Windows and a key Siemens industrial control system. Security experts suspect it was a U.S. or Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear program.