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India affected by Stuxnet cyber worm

Stuxnet hits India the most, Anirudh Bhattacharyya, Hindustan Times New York, October 04, 2010 It’s being described as the new cyber WMD and may have crippled an Iranian nuclear plant, but one cybersecurity company has estimated that the worm, Stuxnet, may have its largest footprint in India….Since Stuxnet was first detected in July, the number of infections in India in the first five days was at over 8,500 with just over 5000 in Indonesia and a little over 3000 in Iran, the top three countries.The latest data set, between September 20 and 25, makes it clear that the problem is still raging in India, which again heads the list with over 8,000 infections, trailed by Indonesia with about 3000 and Kazakhstan with approximately 1300. The numbers of Iran dipped to 765….Iran has been projected as the epicenter of the Stuxnet epidemic. Iran’s nuclear infrastructure near Bushehr had been beset by problems caused by the worm which the Iranian regime has claimed was part of cyberwarfare being conducted possibly by Israel and the United States……A report in September from Symantec pointed out that while 58 per cent of infections were in Iran, about 18 per cent was in Indonesia and nearly 10 per cent in India.

.Stuxnet hits India the most – Hindustan Times

October 7, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, safety | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs