VIENNA, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- The Iranian nuclear plant at Natanz recovered quickly from a computer attack that led to major equipment breakdown, the U.N. nuclear watchdog says.
The Washington Post said Wednesday it has obtained a draft copy of a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna. The report is expected to say production at the Natanz enrichment plant is now above what it was before the attack.
The plant was attacked by a computer worm, Stuxnet, that appears to have been designed to spread harmlessly from computer to computer until it reached machines configured like those at Natanz. IAEA cameras installed at the plant show that about 10 percent of the centrifuges had to be replaced.
"While it has delayed the Iranian centrifuge program at the Natanz plant in 2010 and contributed to slowing its expansion, it did not stop it or even delay the continued buildup of low-enriched uranium," the Institute for Science and International Security said in the report.
