Showing posts with label nuclear power. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nuclear power. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

"Nuclear Iran" Adds Fuel to Nuclear Reactors

Nuclear Iran. I never thought I would live to see the day when the US and the UN would pretty much allow Iran to become a "nuclear power." Now, I know that I will live to see that day, as Iran, with the help of Russia, has been able to make its first "nuclear power plant" for "peaceful purposes."

Does anyone see anything wrong with that? While it will be a while before Iran will be able to produce enough radioactive agents in order to make a nuclear bomb, having both Israel and Iran in the Middle East with their own nuclear weapons could be disastrous at best.

Below is news coverage on Iran becoming a Nuclear power.

Monday, September 27, 2010

Stuxnet Worm: A Cyber Attack Aimed at Iran’s Nuclear Facility?

The Stuxnet Worm has infected various computer systems throughout Iran , namely the nuclear facility. This story is gaining a lot of popularity, as many are curious because of Iran ’s defiance of UN resolutions were they targeted by some massive computer attack?


According to PC World, that doesn’t appear to be the case. Approximately 30,000 IP addresses in Iran were affected by the Stuxnet Worm, which is still mutating. The virus was created for Siemen’s supervisory control and data acquisition systems (SCADA) which affects not only Iran, but also Pakistan, Indonesia, and India – although Iran has bore the worst hit from the cyber virus.


Still yet, the media reports that there is no indication that the nuclear facility was directly targeted, and although computer systems within the facility were compromised, none of them were critical control centers. Of course, what are the odds that Iran would come out and tell the truth about this?


The Stuxnet worm is so well orchestrated, German officials are calling it the “hack of the century.” There are bound to be a lot of conspiracy theorists out there claiming that the US or the UN is behind it. However, there are no reports that indicate that that is the case.


In an increasingly electronic age, however it wouldn’t be unusual for one country to use electronic data against another. Could the Stuxnet worm actually be a cyber attack aimed at Iran ’s nuclear facility? What do you think?

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