Stuxnet Worm Heralds New Era Of Global Cyberwar -- The GuardianAttack aimed at Iran nuclear plant and recently revealed 2008 incident at US base show spread of cyber weapons
The memory sticks were scattered in a washroom of a US military base in the Middle East that was providing support for the Iraq war.
They were deliberately infected with a computer worm – the undisclosed foreign intelligence agency behind the operation was counting on the fallibility of human nature.
According to those familiar with the events, it calculated a soldier would pick up one of the memory sticks, pocket it and – against regulations – eventually plug it into a military laptop.
They were correct.
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