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Stuxnet, which is widely believed to have been
developed by the United States and Israel, was discovered in
2010 after it was used to attack a uranium enrichment facility
at Iran's Natanz nuclear site. It was the first publicly known
example of a virus being used to attack industrial machinery.
"Iran's university scientists have developed a firewall for
industrial automation systems to neutralise industrial sabotage
such as that caused by Stuxnet in power networks, and it was
successfully tested," Communications Minister Mohammad Javad
Azari-Jahromi said, quoted by the state news agency IRNA.
In November, Azari-Jahromi said a Stuxnet attack had failed to
harm Iran’s communications infrastructures, and accused Israel
of being behind it.
Israel has declined comment on whether or not it is involved in
a cyberwar on Iran.
In 2013, researchers at Symantec Corp uncovered a version of the
Stuxnet that was used to attack the Iranian nuclear programme in
2007.
Tehran agreed under a 2015 deal with world powers to curb the
programme but President Donald Trump pulled the United States
out of it last year, with Israel’s backing, and reimposed
sanctions on Tehran.
(Story refiled to edit headline)
(Reporting by Dubai newsroom; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
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