IAEA Hacked? Nuclear Agency Fears Iran Hackers

He said the Vienna-based agency was alerted by IAEA inspectors reporting "unusual events", suggesting that foreigners had tampered with their electronic devices. One of the diplomats said the International Atomic Energy Agency is investigating "a series of events, ranging from those where it is one thing that happened to speculate," all in the first quarter of this year.


Tehran accuses the United States and Israel for building and planting malicious software. IAEA officials assigned a temporary failure of the enrichment program in Iran last year Stuxnet worms, and Tehran has acknowledged that Stuxnet concerned a limited number of centrifuges, a key component for enriching uranium enrichment plant at its main uranium in the central city of Natanz.

Nuclear agency examines the fears of their experts, their cell phones and laptop computers have been attacked by Iranian officials for information confidential. UN diplomats told The Associated Press Wednesday, May 18, 2011, it appears that the material was in charge, while left unattended during the visits in the Islamic Republic. (Office of the President of Iran s AP, File) any sales. FILE – In this file photo from Tuesday, April 8, 2008 issued by the Iranian president, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, visit the Natanz uranium enrichment nearly 200 miles (322 km) south of Tehran, Iran which is under International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA supervision.

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