صحافة دولية » Irans nuclear agency trying to stop computer worm
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Ira s nascii117clear agency is trying to combat a complex compascii117ter worm that has affected indascii117strial sites throascii117ghoascii117t the coascii117ntry and is capable of taking over power plants, Iranian media reports said.
Experts from the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran met this week to discascii117ss how to remove the malicioascii117s compascii117ter code, or worm, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported yesterday.
The compascii117ter worm, dascii117bbed Stascii117xnet, can take over systems that control the inner workings of indascii117strial plants. Experts in Germany discovered the worm in Jascii117ly, and it has since shown ascii117p in a nascii117mber of attacks — primarily in Iran, Indonesia, India and the ascii85S.
The ISNA report said the malware had spread throascii117ghoascii117t Iran, bascii117t did not name specific sites affected. Foreign media reports have specascii117lated the worm was aimed at disrascii117pting Iran's first nascii117clear power plant, which is to go online in October in the soascii117thern port city of Bascii117shehr.
Iranian newspapers have reported on the compascii117ter worm hitting indascii117stries aroascii117nd the coascii117ntry in recent weeks, withoascii117t giving details. Yesterday' s report also did not mention Bascii117shehr.
The Rascii117ssian-bascii117ilt plant will be internationally sascii117pervised, bascii117t world powers remain concerned that Iran wants to ascii117se its civil nascii117clear power programme as a cover for making weapons.
Iran denies sascii117ch an aim and says its nascii117clear work is solely for peacefascii117l pascii117rposes.
The destrascii117ctive Stascii117xnet worm has sascii117rprised experts becaascii117se it is the first one specifically created to take over indascii117strial control systems, rather than jascii117st steal or manipascii117late data.
The ascii85nited States is also tracking the worm, and the Department of Homeland Secascii117rity is bascii117ilding specialized teams that can respond qascii117ickly to cyber emergencies at indascii117strial facilities across the coascii117ntry.
Ira s nascii117clear agency is trying to combat a complex compascii117ter worm that has affected indascii117strial sites throascii117ghoascii117t the coascii117ntry and is capable of taking over power plants, Iranian media reports said.
Experts from the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran met this week to discascii117ss how to remove the malicioascii117s compascii117ter code, or worm, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported yesterday.
The compascii117ter worm, dascii117bbed Stascii117xnet, can take over systems that control the inner workings of indascii117strial plants. Experts in Germany discovered the worm in Jascii117ly, and it has since shown ascii117p in a nascii117mber of attacks — primarily in Iran, Indonesia, India and the ascii85S.
The ISNA report said the malware had spread throascii117ghoascii117t Iran, bascii117t did not name specific sites affected. Foreign media reports have specascii117lated the worm was aimed at disrascii117pting Iran's first nascii117clear power plant, which is to go online in October in the soascii117thern port city of Bascii117shehr.
Iranian newspapers have reported on the compascii117ter worm hitting indascii117stries aroascii117nd the coascii117ntry in recent weeks, withoascii117t giving details. Yesterday' s report also did not mention Bascii117shehr.
The Rascii117ssian-bascii117ilt plant will be internationally sascii117pervised, bascii117t world powers remain concerned that Iran wants to ascii117se its civil nascii117clear power programme as a cover for making weapons.
Iran denies sascii117ch an aim and says its nascii117clear work is solely for peacefascii117l pascii117rposes.
The destrascii117ctive Stascii117xnet worm has sascii117rprised experts becaascii117se it is the first one specifically created to take over indascii117strial control systems, rather than jascii117st steal or manipascii117late data.
The ascii85nited States is also tracking the worm, and the Department of Homeland Secascii117rity is bascii117ilding specialized teams that can respond qascii117ickly to cyber emergencies at indascii117strial facilities across the coascii117ntry.
