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Gholamreza Jalali, head of... Email Print Related News UPDATE-6 U.S. stages 'most challenging' missile-defense test Fri, Apr 15 2011 Iran said to help Syria track protesters' Web use Thu, Apr 14 2011 Special report: In cyberspy vs. cyberspy, China has the edge Thu, Apr 14 2011 Motorola and Huawei settle trade secret dispute Wed, Apr 13 2011 Iran to build new nuclear research reactors-report Wed, Apr 13 2011 Analysis & Opinion Capitalism is failing the middle class U.S. Supreme Court Justice Breyer on Twitter Related Topics Technology » Stocks An interior view of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, some 1,200 km (746 miles) south of Tehran October 26, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Mehr News Agency/Majid Asgaripour TEHRAN | Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:48am EDT TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian military commander has accused German engineering company Siemens of helping the United States and Israel launch a cyber attack on its nuclear facilities, Kayhan daily reported on Sunday. Gholamreza Jalali, head of Iran's civilian defense, said the Stuxnet virus aimed at Iran's atomic program was the work of its two biggest foes and that the German company must take some of the blame. Siemens declined to comment. "The investigations show the source of the Stuxnet virus originated in America and the Zionist regime," Jalali was quoted as saying. Jalali said Iran should hold Siemens responsible for the fact that its control systems used to operate complicated factory machinery -- known as Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) -- had been hit by the worm. "Our executive officials should legally follow up the case of Siemens SCADA software which prepared the ground for the Stuxnet virus," he said. "The Siemens company must be held accountable and explain how and why it provided the enemies with the information about the codes of SCADA software and paved the way for a cyber attack against us," he said. Some foreign experts have described Stuxnet as a "guided cyber missile" aimed at Iran's atomic program. Unlike other Iranian officials who have played down the impact of Stuxnet, Jalali said it could have posed a major risk had it not been discovered and dealt with before any major damage was done. "This was a hostile act against us which could have brought major human and material damages had it not been encountered promptly." Iran has given few details of the impact of the virus. It said in September that staff computers at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power station had been hit but that the plant itself was unharmed. Bushehr -- Iran's first nuclear power station -- is still not operational, having missed several start-up deadlines, prompting speculation that it too had been hit by Stuxnet, something Iran denies. Russia's ambassador to NATO said in January the virus had hit the computer system at Bushehr, posing the risk of a nuclear disaster on the scale of the 1986 Chernobyl incident in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. Some defense analysts say the main target was more likely to be Iran's uranium enrichment -- the process which creates fuel for nuclear power plants or provide material for bombs if processed much further. Western powers accuse Iran, a major oil producer, of seeking to develop nuclear weapons capability, something Tehran denies. U.S.-based think-tank, the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), said that in late 2009 or early 2010 about 1,000 centrifuges -- machines used to refine uranium -- out of the 9,000 used at Iran's Natanz enrichment plant, had been knocked out by the virus -- not enough to seriously harm its operations. (Additional reporting by Jens Hack in Munich; Writing by Ramin Mostafavi; Editing by Robin Pomeroy and Janet Lawrence) Technology Tweet this Share this Link this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (4) deerecub1977 wrote: you cant make stories like this up.wink Apr 17, 2011 9:20am EDT -- Report as abuse thebard wrote: This virus WASN’T created by some guy from Poland working in his parent’s basment. It’s very sophisticated and very discriminating about the target, and the effect on the infected system. The claim about damage to 1000 centrifuges sounds right, because it was designed to cause Seimens drives used to control machine speed to go haywire. Apr 17, 2011 10:33am EDT -- Report as abuse primary332 wrote: Looks like i will being buying more from Siemens Apr 17, 2011 10:37am EDT -- Report as abuse See All Comments » Add Your Comment Social Stream (What's this?) © Copyright 2011 Thomson Reuters Editorial Editions: Africa Arabic Argentina Brazil Canada China France Germany India Italy Japan Latin America Mexico Russia Spain United Kingdom United States Reuters Contact Us Advertise With Us Help Journalism Handbook Archive Site Index Video Index Reader Feedback Mobile Newsletters RSS Podcasts Widgets Your View Analyst Research Thomson Reuters Copyright Disclaimer Privacy Professional Products Professional Products Support Financial Products About Thomson Reuters Careers Online Products Acquisitions Monthly Buyouts Venture Capital Journal International Financing Review Project Finance International PEhub.com PE Week FindLaw Super Lawyers Attorney Rating Service Reuters on Facebook Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and interactive television platforms. 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