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    Stuxnet is a computer virus developed by the US to target Iran's nuclear program. It functions by infecting systems using Windows and Siemens Step7 software to control industrial systems like centrifuges. Stuxnet compromised Iranian nuclear facilities by gathering information and causing centrifuges to tear themselves apart, damaging almost one-fifth of Iran's centrifuges. It infected over 200,000 computers worldwide and physically degraded 1,000 machines by targeting their industrial control systems.

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    Stuxnet is a computer virus developed by the US to target Iran's nuclear program. It functions by infecting systems using Windows and Siemens Step7 software to control industrial systems like centrifuges. Stuxnet compromised Iranian nuclear facilities by gathering information and causing centrifuges to tear themselves apart, damaging almost one-fifth of Iran's centrifuges. It infected over 200,000 computers worldwide and physically degraded 1,000 machines by targeting their industrial control systems.

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    Stuxnet Virus

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    Stuxnet is a computer virus developed by the US to target Iran's nuclear program. It functions by infecting systems using Windows and Siemens Step7 software to control industrial systems like centrifuges. Stuxnet compromised Iranian nuclear facilities by gathering information and causing centrifuges to tear themselves apart, damaging almost one-fifth of Iran's centrifuges. It infected over 200,000 computers worldwide and physically degraded 1,000 machines by targeting their industrial control systems.

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    Stuxnet Virus

    Stuxnet is computer virus developed by US for against iran nuclear programme. It is mainly targeting
    supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems. Stuxnet functions by targeting machines
    using the Microsoft Windows operating system and networks, then seeking out Siemens Step7 software.
    Stuxnet reportedly compromised Iranian PLCs, collecting information on industrial systems and causing
    the fast-spinning centrifuges to tear themselves apart. Stuxnet's design and architecture are not
    domain-specific and it could be tailored as a platform for attacking modern supervisory control and data
    acquisition (SCADA) and PLC systems (e.g., in factory assembly lines or power plants), most of which are
    in Europe, Japan, and the US. Stuxnet reportedly ruined almost one-fifth of Iran's nuclear centrifuges.
    Targeting industrial control systems, the worm infected over 200,000 computers and caused 1,000
    machines to physically degrade.

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