Photo by: CourtesyStuxnet May Have Destroyed 1,000 Centrifuges At Natanz -- Jerusalem Post
Malicious computer virus accelerated, wrecked motors and may have decommissioned uranium enrichment centrifuges, think tank concludes.
The Stuxnet virus that has infected Iran’s nuclear installations may have been behind the decommissioning of 1,000 centrifuges at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility earlier this year, according to a new analysis of the malicious software.
Prepared by the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security, the paper raised the possibility that the reported breakage of 1,000 centrifuges was caused by the virus.
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Update: Malware to Iran's nuclear computers actually worked -- New York Post
My Comment: We know from the Iranian President that the Stuxnet virus was incredibly successful in damaging Iran's nuclear program. But if the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security is to be believed, it appears that it was even more successful than what preliminary reports indicated.