Cyberwar Against Iran: Is Obama Already at War with Tehran?

[AngryAmish]

"For several years now, there have been reports that the United States has been waging what amounts to technological warfare against Iran, using sophisticated industrial sabotage measures to weaken and undermine Iran’s nuclear industry—and, according to the New York Times, these efforts began during the Bush administration but accelerated under President Obama. And, for the past several years, there have been widespread reports that Iran’s nuclear program has been slowed or crippled by some unexplained malfunctions that have, among other things, caused Iran to spin far fewer centrifuges at Natanz, its enrichment plant, than earlier.

Now, it appears, there is a serious computer worm affecting Ian’s nuclear industry, along with other Iranian industrial facilities. Called Stuxnet, the worm appears to be a case of outright industrial sabotage or cyber warfare, created and unleashed not by rogue hackers but by a state. According to the Seattle Times, the time stamp on the Stuxnet virus reveals that it was created in January 2010, meaning that if the United States is behind it, it’s Obama’s doing, not Bush’s."

Do you support this sort of industrial sabotage against Iran (and who knows if it is the US, Israel, 4chan or whoever).

[MineralMan]

1. Beats bombing the plant, it seems to me.

And I'm not at all certain it's the US that's doing this. There are people capable of it all over this little planet. It could be us, but it might not be. No matter what, it beats bombing Iran. Make no mistake, that option has always been in play in Israel. Probably still is.

[MrScorpio]

2. The US has been at war with Iran since 1979...

What else is new?

[MrScorpio]

3. The Dupe Bug strikes again

All glory to The Dupe Bug