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I think the title is misleading. I do not see anything in the article confirming it was a cyber attack. Only media organizations claiming that it could be.
by cochne 6y ago
I think the title is misleading. I do not see anything in the article confirming it was a cyber attack. Only media organizations claiming that it could be.
- mikeiz404 6y agoI agree. Maybe a prefix of “claimed” or “alleged” or “assumed” would help. These are the strongest claims I found backing it in the article: “Israeli media suggest the incident was a result of an Israeli cyber attack.” “A nuclear facility in Iran was hit by a "terrorist act" a day after it unveiled new advanced uranium centrifuges, a top nuclear official says.” “Later state TV read out a statement by AEOI head Ali Akbar Salehi, in which he described the incident as "sabotage" and "nuclear terrorism".” “Ron Ben-Yishai, a defence analyst at the Ynet news website, said that with Iran progressing towards nuclear weapons capability it was "reasonable to assume that the problem... might not have been caused by an accident, but by deliberate sabotage intended to slow the nuclear race accelerated by the negotiations with the US on removing sanctions".” And background given that 1) a cyber attack, stuxnet, has happened here in the past and 2) recent actions by Iran incentives an action like this occurring again.