Power station and electricity grid operators around the world are on alert to a new type of computer virus capable of attacking critical industrial process equipment.
Iran’s state news agency reported on 26 September that the bug, known as Stuxnet, had infected computers at the country’s Bushehr nuclear power plant. The Iranian government is said to have denied the report.
But information security experts say the threat is real and sightings of the Stuxnet worm have been reported across Europe and around the world.
Power station and electricity grid operators around the world are on alert to a new type of computer virus capable of attacking critical industrial process equipment.
Iran’s state news agency reported on 26 September that the bug, known as Stuxnet, had infected computers at the country’s Bushehr nuclear power plant. The Iranian government is said to have denied the report.
But information security experts say the threat is real and sightings of the Stuxnet worm have been reported across Europe and around the world.
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