Editing Computer security (section)

===Stuxnet attack===
In 2010, the computer worm known as [[Stuxnet]] reportedly ruined almost one-fifth of Iran's [[nuclear centrifuge]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/stuxnet-was-far-more-dangerous-than-previous-thought-2013-11 |title=The Stuxnet Attack On Iran's Nuclear Plant Was 'Far More Dangerous' Than Previously Thought |website=Business Insider |date=20 November 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509020404/http://www.businessinsider.com/stuxnet-was-far-more-dangerous-than-previous-thought-2013-11 |archive-date=9 May 2014  }}</ref> It did so by disrupting industrial [[programmable logic controller]]s (PLCs) in a targeted attack. This is generally believed to have been launched by Israel and the United States to disrupt Iran's nuclear program<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stuxnet-worm-a-us-cyber-attack-on-iran-nukes/ |title=Stuxnet Worm a U.S. Cyber-Attack on Iran Nukes? |work=CBS News |first=Tucker |last=Reals |date=24 September 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016133651/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20017507-501465.html |archive-date=16 October 2013  }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/02/cyberwar-issues-likely-to-be-addressed-only-after-a-catastrophe |title=Cyberwar Issues Likely to Be Addressed Only After a Catastrophe |date=17 February 2011 |first=Kim |last=Zetter |magazine=Wired |access-date=18 February 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218154415/http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/02/cyberwar-issues-likely-to-be-addressed-only-after-a-catastrophe/ |archive-date=18 February 2011  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stripes.com/news/cone-of-silence-surrounds-u-s-cyberwarfare-1.158090 |title=Cone of silence surrounds U.S. cyberwarfare |date=18 October 2011 |first=Chris |last=Carroll |publisher=Stars and Stripes |access-date=30 October 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307021747/http://www.stripes.com/news/cone-of-silence-surrounds-u-s-cyberwarfare-1.158090 |archive-date=7 March 2012  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crows.org/images/stories/pdf/IOI/IO%20Journal_Vol2Iss2_0210.pdf |title=Computers as Weapons of War |date=27 April 2010 |first=John |last=Bumgarner |publisher=IO Journal |access-date=30 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219174833/http://www.crows.org/images/stories/pdf/IOI/IO%20Journal_Vol2Iss2_0210.pdf |archive-date=19 December 2011  }}</ref> – although neither has publicly admitted this.