Stuxnet: 'Infecting Industrial Plants Across Iran'

We have been covering reports of a computer worm that is disrupting computers in Iran. The New York Times is now reporting:

“Stuxnet, which was first publicly identified several months ago, is aimed solely at industrial equipment made by Siemens that controls oil pipelines, electric utilities, nuclear facilities and other large industrial sites. While it is not clear that Iran was the main target — the infection has also been reported in Indonesia, Pakistan, India and elsewhere — a disproportionate number of computers inside Iran appear to have been struck, according to reports by computer security monitors. “