The Man Who Sabotaged Iran's Nuclear Program

Stuxnet - the malware the US and Israel created to disable Iran’s nuclear program - has been credited with bringing the world into the age of cyberwar. But how did that malware get into Natanz nuclear facility, one of the most protected places on Earth? Here’s the story of Erik van Sabben, the Dutch spy without whom Stuxnet would not have been possible.

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0:00 Intro
01:36 Creating Stuxnet
05:18 The Stuxnet Agent
08:46 Investigation

Credits:
Producer: Silva Rindzevičiūtė
Writer: Valius Venckūnas
Video Editing: Lukas Margelis
Additional Video Editing/Animation: Povilas Stonkus
Narration: Ben Mitchell
Thumbnail: Aurimas Danius
Supervising Producer: Aušra Venckutė

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[cybernews]

Do you believe Erik van Sabben's motorcycle crash was merely a coincidence? 🤔

[The-Man-Right-Chea]

This video has to many unanswered questions and im confused how iran would allow a European that close to their nuclear facility

[zoranjankovic]

1950s - 1960s. Iran's nuclear program was launched in the 1950s with the help of the United States. On 5 March 1957, a "proposed agreement for cooperation in research in the peaceful uses of atomic energy" was announced under the Eisenhower administration's Atoms for Peace program. ...😂😂😂

[gangajal]

US to the world: "don't do as I do....do as I say" 😅😅😅😅

[HIDDENADHD]

Love these videos you do. Great graphics and very engaging. Good storytelling

[Quraishy]

I was working for a company who were agents for water pumps made in England, and I had an Inquiery for ceramic coated water pumps from Iran, surely I responded with a no, and reported it. These water pumps are the ones used in nuclear industry.
But two weeks later the exact same set of water pumps and equipment was asked for by a company in Dubai, I was surprised as to how stupid they are, like they couldn’t even mix it up with other orders.
And I had that request for quotation blocked as well and reported.
This was around 2008.

Few years later my manager was informed by xyz (a European government agency personnel) that this action of mine resulted in delays to Iranian nuclear program by a good bit.

This makes me so happy to this day.

[speedybonsky]

Bro Israel have an entire arsenal of nuclear weapons never declared that have never been check by the international nuclear agencies while. Iran never opposed to the controls 😂

[betweenlamppost]

So let me get this, spent $2 billion and delayed centrifuge work for a year, what a smart plan😂 at the same time made the country infiltrated more aware of how to deter such cyber attack

[dodobarbar]

You forgot to say what was the target of attack. To those interested... Siemens PLC

[Amirsaad-wq]

Remember, they all agreed that it was just an accident people just get convinced so easily nowadays holy shit

[destiny]

Didn't stop from getting nukes now did it

[Dreamer]

New kind of video, very interesting. i thought i new everything about this topiuc but iu learned more here. you guys are really great chann el.

[TheFinalSolutionH]

Iran has nukes, however their policy is to deny it. No need for other countries to know.

[eIicit]

All I know is Stuxnet was one of the most gangster projects ever and I salute everyone who worked on it.

[apIthletIcc]

Huh i wonder which crazy programmer actually figured out how to exploit the system 😊

[Sana]

US made IRN invest on training the best cyber agents ever. Now the companies around the world have to spend millions to protect themselves.
Boomerang attack.

[rzjustice]

oh remind me how many wars US & UN was involved, ww1 ww2 Vietnam Iraq Africa... the list is endless

[johnhopkins]

Iran never thanked the Bush Presidencies for eliminating the greatest existential threat to Iran. (i.e. Iraq)

[saki]

Don't worry; they have made nukes. In this world if someone is hell bent on achieving a goal then it very difficut to distract & discourage him from achieving that. Iran has shown that with thier resolve and achieved & shown thier enemies the middle finger with a single statement. Now what can so called west to do. They have shown thier true colours with showing thier stance in Russia Ukraine war & French routing in Africa.

[thesaints--andrew.]

Watching from Greece. hi everybody.
Very interesting video.