Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Juxtaposed Iranian Headlines o' the Day

'No virus hit Iran's nuclear systems'


[The] Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi says enemy efforts to infect Iranian nuclear systems with a computer virus have failed...

"We began taking computer security and safety measures since last year and over the past two months these safety measures have been intensified. Fortunately, we succeeded in preventing the enemy from achieving it objectives," IRNA quoted Salehi as saying on Wednesday.

He added that all efforts to infect Iranian computers had failed as the country's experts were capable in countering all threats...

Iran nuclear plant hit by two-month delay: official


Iran's atomic chief said on Wednesday that the country's first nuclear power plant will be ready to generate electricity by January -- two months later than announced... Salehi, in an interview with Al-Alam television on August 31, blamed the delays on Bushehr's "severe hot weather" and safety concerns, adding that the loading was being done during the night...

Iran has not hinted at any other reasons for the delay, but officials have acknowledged that a computer worm is mutating and wreaking havoc on computerised industrial equipment in the country, where an official said on Monday that about 30,000 IP addresses had already been infected...



Related: Stuxnet In Pictures: The Cyber-Weapon Said to Target Iran's Nuclear Infrastructure.

No comments: