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The role of a secret Dutch mole in the US-Israeli Stuxnet attack on Iran

Security Affairs

Stuxnet is a malicious computer worm developed to target SCADA systems that was first uncovered in 2010, but researchers believe its development begun at least 2005. Germany provided technical specifications and knowledge about the ICS systems manufactured by Siemens that were controlling the centrifuges at the Natanz Iranian plant.

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Cell Phone Security and Heads of State

Schneier on Security

Back in 2005, unknown attackers targeted the cell phones of many Greek politicians by hacking the country's phone network and turning on an already-installed eavesdropping capability. These vulnerabilities are resold to governments and cyberweapons manufacturers. In 2016, the vulnerability broker Zerodium offered $1.5 This is changing.