Stuxnet

Stuxnet Believed to have been created by the Israeli Defence Force together with the American Government, Stuxnet isan example of a virus created forthe purpose of cyberwarfare, as it was intended to disrupt the nuclear efforts of the Iranians. It was estimated that Stuxnet hasmanagedto ruin one fifth of Iran’s nuclear centrifuges and that nearly 60% of infections were concentrated in Iran.via IEEEThe computer worm wasdesigned to attack industrial Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), which allows for automation of processes in machinery. It specifically aimed at those created by Siemens and was spread through infected USB drives. If the infected computer didn’t contain Siemens software, it would lay dormant and infect others in a limited fashion as to not give itself away. If the software is there, it will then proceed to alter the speed of the machinery, causing it to tear apart. Siemens eventually found a way to remove the malware from their software.