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USA and Israel launch ‘cyberwar’ against Iran’s nukes

Iran Says U.S., Allies Launched ‘Massive Cyber Attack’ Against Nuclear Facilities, NPR 21 June 12,  Iran’s intelligence minister says his country has uncovered a “massive cyber attack” he says was launched by the United States, England and Israel to coincide with nuclear negotiations that happened in Moscow.

Press TV, Iran’s official, English-language news outlet, reports that Heidar Moslehi said Iran had “taken necessary measures” to protect itself against the attack.

Moslehi added:

“Based on obtained information, the US and the Zionist regime (Israel) along with the MI6 [the British intelligence service] planned an operation to launch a massive cyber attack against Iran’s facilities following the meeting between Iran and the P5+1 in Moscow.”

On Tuesday, The Washington Post ran a long piece that quoted “Western officials with knowledge of the effort” saying the U.S. and Israel had “jointly developed a sophisticated computer virus nicknamed Flame that collected intelligence in preparation for cyber-sabotage aimed at slowing Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear weapon…”

On the record, the CIA, the NSA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence told the Post they could not comment.

Moslehi did not specify whether the virus discovered by the Iranians was, indeed, Flame….. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/06/21/155514862/iran-says-u-s-allies-launched-massive-cyber-attack-against-nuclear-facilities

June 22, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, weapons and war