Talk over the last several years concerning Iran, Israel, the US-and whether Tehran's nuclear program might be bombed-may have been a canard or a purposeful bit of misdirection. In fact, the real attack-using cyber-weapons instead of bombs-may have been underway during the last year, given the admission of Iranian officials that many of their automated industrial processes-such as those that control nuclear materials and processing-have fallen victim to a cyberworm. But the question of authorship of the attack-despite immediate claims from Iranian officials that it was Israel-is unresolved. It may have been an accident, the action of a surrogate or a cyber-"hired gun," or a warning of what cyberweaponry can do to the unprepared.
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