In 2010, a malicious computer worm that later became known as Stuxnet wreaked havoc on centrifuges used to enrich uranium gas in an Iranian facility, ultimately derailing the country’s nuclear programme. Thought to have been perpetrated by the US and Israel in a joint effort, the attack was the first time a cyber weapon had affected physical equipment, but it wouldn’t be the last.
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