Russia Likely Unleashed Stuxnet, Says USA’s Cyber-Defense Expert

USA and Israel largely presume that Russia is behind the Stuxnet PC-virus, which attacked the nuclear plants in Iran, published 'The Diplomat' dated December 10, 2011.

Previously, it was widely regarded that the Stuxnet was a cyber-weapon that USA and Israel jointly created for causing destruction at the nuclear enrichment facilities in Iran. However, as the perpetrators' identity has now become known, it isn't unclear anymore.

Essentially, cyber-defense analyst Dr. Panayotis A. Yannakogeorgos attached to the Air Force Research Institute of USA says that Russia isn't in favor of a nuclear capability built indigenously in Iran. For, profits of Russian firms will prove beneficial only when Iran maintains engineers and scientists from there in its own country for supervising its nuclear progress, he observes. Softpedia published this dated December 12, 2011.

Meanwhile Dr. Panayotis says that Russia, by utilizing its distinct observations, subsequently plays the diplomacy-and-delay strategy of the Byzantine kind. While taking more time to implement a program citing reasons of technicality cannot be allowed for indefinitely, the country's active role within the nuclear scheme has a connection with Russo-American negotiations, he explains. [link to www.spamfighter.com]