Iran was main target of recent SCADA worm

A dangerous computer worm, designed to steal information from industrial control systems has hit computer in the Iran the hardest.

According to Symantec Corp, nearly 60 per cent of all worm-infected systems were located in Iran. Other countries affected by the malicious software, named Struxnet, include Indonesia and India.

Elias Levy, senior technical director with Symantec Security Response, believes that the worm has been in circulation since January of this year.

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