Telegraph:
Ivanka Barzashka of King's College London believes that the
Stuxnet
computer worm may have encouraged Iran to increase the security
of its nuclear enrichment program. Stuxnet is believed to have
been developed by the US and Israel to target Iran's industrial
equipment. In a report published in the journal of the
Royal United Services
Institute, Barzashka, who analyzed data collected by the
International Atomic Energy Agency, claims that the worm
revealed vulnerabilities that would have otherwise remained
hidden. She also shows that since the discovery of the worm in
August 2010, the number of centrifuges in Iran has increased
and the levels of enrichment that Iran has attained are even
higher than before. Barzashka's analysis has drawn some
criticism from intelligence agencies, which claim that Stuxnet
undoubtedly slowed Iran's production.
