Iran Says It Arrested Suspects Linked to a Computer Worm

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Source: The New York Times

TEHRAN — Iran has arrested an unspecified number of “nuclear spies” in connection with a damaging worm that has infected computers in its nuclear program, the intelligence minister, Heydar Moslehi, said Saturday.

Mr. Moslehi also told the semiofficial Mehr news agency that the ministry had achieved “complete mastery” over government computer systems and was able to counter any cyberattacks by “enemy spy services.”

Iran confirmed last week that the Stuxnet worm, a malicious self-replicating program that attacks computers that control industrial plants, had infected computers in its nuclear operations. Officials said it had been found in personal computers at the Bushehr nuclear plant, a power generator that is not believed to be part of a weapons program, and that it had not caused “serious damage” to government systems.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/world/middleeast/03iran.html

[lamp_shade]

1. Moslehi sounds just like Baghdad Bob.

[RC]

2. Correct. Now why would they be in Iran in the first place?

[CJvR]

3. Who would those be?

At most they might get dupes who plugged in the infected USBs, beyond that? Why would anyone even remotely involved stick around a minut after the first upload is confirmed?
Naturally it is a good oppertunity for the theocratic thugs to round up a few undesirables and dissidents and beat a few "confessions" out of them, why waste such a good oppertunity.

[aquart]

4. A few? They have already rounded up thousands.

And the rumor is, they have already executed thousands. Let me know when @PersianKiwi and @Change_for_Iran come online again.

[stormpilot]

5. I'd assume there were many arrested

and most likely they were all innocent!

The fight for secular democracy in Iran is alive and well!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPJlgZHyVP8