Stuxnet Virus Leaker Identified
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 10/18/2016 09:49 AM
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Prosecutors are pointing their fingers at a retired General as being the source of the leak to New York Times journalist David Sanger about a cyberattack against Iran's nuclear program in 2010.
Sanger penned a book describing the joint effort between Israel and the U.S. to infect Iranian centrifuges with a virus called Stuxnet which was aimed at the Iranian nuclear effort.
The Stuxnet virus is said to have dealt the Iranian nuclear effort a damaging blow.
Investigators are claiming that Marine Corps General James Cartwright, 67, formerly the vice chairman to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, allegedly lied to investigators when he said he was not the source of the information.
"After investigators showed Cartwright a list of quotes and statements from David Sanger's book, a number of which contained classified information, Cartwright falsely told investigators that he was not the source," prosecutors said on a charge sheet.
Cartwright retired in 2011 and was said to have been a close advisor to President Obama.
Source: SecurityWeek
Sanger penned a book describing the joint effort between Israel and the U.S. to infect Iranian centrifuges with a virus called Stuxnet which was aimed at the Iranian nuclear effort. The Stuxnet virus is said to have dealt the Iranian nuclear effort a damaging blow.
Investigators are claiming that Marine Corps General James Cartwright, 67, formerly the vice chairman to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, allegedly lied to investigators when he said he was not the source of the information.
"After investigators showed Cartwright a list of quotes and statements from David Sanger's book, a number of which contained classified information, Cartwright falsely told investigators that he was not the source," prosecutors said on a charge sheet.
Cartwright retired in 2011 and was said to have been a close advisor to President Obama.
Source: SecurityWeek
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