The world's first cyber weapon — a software worm that infected and destroyed Iranian nuclear centrifuges — was ... virus which researchers later named Stuxnet. The film, which comes out ...

The attack may have destroyed upward of 1,000 Iranian centrifuges. An AI-powered Stuxnet could be worse: Instead of targeting specific systems, the malware would theoretically identify new targets ...

According to the report, US experts have worked with Israeli teams testing the Stuxnet code on the same centrifuge systems as those used in Iran. "To check out the worm, you have to know the ...

The computer virus, which sabotaged uranium-enriching centrifuges, has been widely ... leaked the information about the Stuxnet virus to The New York Times was stalled, among other reasons ...

The BBC report adds that the Stuxnet worm was designed to damage motors commonly used in uranium-enrichment centrifuges by sending them spinning out of control. The sophistication of the code used ...

She goes on to explain how it was tested, saying, "in the tests we ran, we blew [the centrifuges] apart." Those tests proved accurate, with some estimates saying Stuxnet malware destroyed roughly ...