Israel and US behind Stuxnet in Iran attack, say experts

Stuart Sumner
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Israel and the US are accused of jointly testing the virus which allegedly set Iran's nuclear programme back by at least three years

The Stuxnet virus which successfully attacked an Iranian nuclear power station, setting the country's nuclear programme back by several years, is alleged to have been the result of a combined effor...

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