Iran's government announces that it is fighting a computer virus:
"But the announcement raised suspicions, and new questions, about the origins and target of the Stuxnet virus, which computer experts say is a far cry from common viruses that have affected the Internet for years.
Stuxnet, which was first publicly identified several months ago, is aimed solely at industrial equipment made by Siemens that controls oil pipelines, electric utilities, nuclear facilities and other large industrial sites. While it is not clear that Iran was the main target — the infection has also been reported in Indonesia, Pakistan, India and elsewhere — a disproportionate number of computers inside Iran appear to have been struck, according to reports by computer security monitors."
Iran claims that this is "part of the electronic warfare against Iran" and an attempt to disrupt its nuclear program.
