Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks during a ceremony at the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, in a 2007 photo. Credit: Reuters/Caren FirouzIran Confirms Stuxnet Worm Halted Centrifuges -- CBS News
Country Had Previously Denied that the Computer Worm Had Affected Its Controversial Nuclear Program
(CBS/AP) Iran's president has confirmed for the first time that a computer worm affected centrifuges in the country's uranium enrichment program.
Iran has previously denied the Stuxnet worm, which experts say is calibrated to destroy centrifuges, had caused any damage, saying they uncovered it before it could have any effect.
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