Iran has been targeted by a new computer worm named Stars, according to an Iranian official.
"The damage is very slight in the initial stage," said defense official Gholam Reza Jalali. "It is likely to be mistaken for executable files of the government," he said of the computer program, according to the semiofficial news agency Mehr. "It is compatible with the (targeted) system."
It was unclear which facilities in Iran were targeted, or how long ago it was discovered.
The announcement comes less than a year after Iranian nuclear facilities were targeted by a highly specialized and advanced computer worm that appeared to focus on Iran's nuclear production capability by secretly targeting the centrifuge machines that refine uranium.
