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Russia Blames US, Israel for Worm Attack on Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Russia blamed the United States and Israel for the Stuxnet worm attack on Iran, calling it a case of real cyber-war with dire consequences for the international community.
Most Stuxnet infections were found in Iran, where the worm, which was skilled in identifying the system it was to hit, targeted damaging the country's nuclear facilities.
Experts said that Stuxnet was initiated in June 2010 to damaged Iran's centrifuge control systems.
Chief of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Emerging Challenges and Threats Department Ilya Rogachyov said that they could see some states using the cyberspace to act against others and also for political-military purposes.
"The only case in which experts believe the actions of states have been proven in this area ... is the Stuxnet system that was launched in 2010 against the centrifuge control system used to enrich uranium in Iran," he said.
"Experts believe that traces of this lead back to the actions of Israel and the United States," Rogachyov told reporters. "This is the only proven case of actual cyber-warfare."
Tehran has also blamed Israel and the United States for the killing of two of its nuclear scientists in November and January.
Independent experts also believe that Israel was responsible for this malicious cyber attack, which was likely funded by the US.
Russia picked up the construction of Iran's first nuclear power plant from Germany in the 1990s and the unit was hooked up to the power grid system for the first time last month.
Worried by the rapid rise of advanced technology, Moscow has spent several years pushing the United Nations into adopting new guiding principles for the Internet age that prohibit countries from engaging in so-called cyber-warfare.
"We are categorically against this opportunity being secured in some sort of international agreements," said the foreign ministry official.
"We believe that the international community must agree on certain principles of establishing national jurisdiction over cyberspace."
Most Stuxnet infections were found in Iran, where the worm, which was skilled in identifying the system it was to hit, targeted damaging the country's nuclear facilities.
Experts said that Stuxnet was initiated in June 2010 to damaged Iran's centrifuge control systems.
Chief of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Emerging Challenges and Threats Department Ilya Rogachyov said that they could see some states using the cyberspace to act against others and also for political-military purposes.
"The only case in which experts believe the actions of states have been proven in this area ... is the Stuxnet system that was launched in 2010 against the centrifuge control system used to enrich uranium in Iran," he said.
"Experts believe that traces of this lead back to the actions of Israel and the United States," Rogachyov told reporters. "This is the only proven case of actual cyber-warfare."
Tehran has also blamed Israel and the United States for the killing of two of its nuclear scientists in November and January.
Independent experts also believe that Israel was responsible for this malicious cyber attack, which was likely funded by the US.
Russia picked up the construction of Iran's first nuclear power plant from Germany in the 1990s and the unit was hooked up to the power grid system for the first time last month.
Worried by the rapid rise of advanced technology, Moscow has spent several years pushing the United Nations into adopting new guiding principles for the Internet age that prohibit countries from engaging in so-called cyber-warfare.
"We are categorically against this opportunity being secured in some sort of international agreements," said the foreign ministry official.
"We believe that the international community must agree on certain principles of establishing national jurisdiction over cyberspace."
