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South Korea is looking to develop a Stuxnet-like virus in order to do just what that earlier cyberweapon did in 2010: attack an enemy's nuclear facilities. Stuxnet is widely believed to have been created by the US and Israel to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. 
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Federal investigators in the US are tightening the screws on former senior government officials who might have leaked info about the Stuxnet worm, according to The Washington Post. Last June, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. started the inquiry into loose lips. As Naked Security recounts here, the Stuxnet virus was seemingly created by the US, under the regime of President George W. Bush, to target Iran's nuclear facility in Natanz. The US pulled Israel into the cyber-espionage effort, with stunning results. Those results included slowing down and speeding up a centrifuge's delicate parts, which resulted in damage so extreme that, according to The New York Times, debris from a damaged centrifuge was laid across the conference table at the White House's Situation Room to demonstrate the malware's potential power.
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Ce serait a priori un affaire américano-américaine, touchant seulement au milieu du renseignement. Mais la chasse aux fuites lancées par l’Administration Obama pourrait avoir des répercussions sur les libertés et la transparence dont le net a besoin.
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Mardi, une agence de presse iranienne citant un responsable de la défense civile locale a rapporté qu'une centrale électrique située dans le sud de l'Iran avait été frappée par une cyber attaque. Mais depuis, ce responsable conteste la version de l'agence de presse et affirme qu'il a simplement déclaré que le pays était préparé à repousser les cyberattaques.
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