U.S. and Israel unleashed Stuxnet, says New York Times
A New York Times report this morning appears to confirm what has long been suspected by many: that the United States and Israel were responsible for the Stuxnet cyber attack against Iranian nuclear facilities.
Among the story’s key points:
- The cyber attack against Iran was a years-long undertaking - oddly code-named Olympic Games — that began in 2006 under President Bush, who urged President Obama to continue the effort. Obama oversaw a dramatic acceleration of the attack and was directly involved in the details of its planning and execution.
- Obama ordered the attack’s acceleration even after the existence of Stuxnet, if not its masters, became publicly known in 2010 after samples were captured in the wild.
