The Stuxnet worm is working its way through computers in the Middle East, and it's not a fearsome thing. At least, not for those who dislike Iran's government.
Apparently the thing is aimed at a very specific target, a program used to oversee a very specific kind of hardware. It's possible that the Iranian nuclear factory at Busheir relies on this Siemens program, and therefore Stuxnet is aimed at destroying it. Israel and the United States are the most likely culprits, if this is the case.
And therefore Americans, Israelis, and others who feel threatened by Iranian atomics do not feel the classic wormy, viral fear these weapons usually elicit. Instead, this is a worm we might feel proud of, thankful for, or confident in.
Iranians might feel the fear. That's the classic worm fear, but mutated into anxiety about a specific international cyberwar attack, rather than terror about a generally destructive thing.
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