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2010 CE

Stuxnet disclosure and malware against industrial control systems

War & military technology · Ciberoperaciones · Infraestructura crítica · Sabotaje · Debates estratégicos

In 2010, technical advisories documented Stuxnet and mitigations for Siemens industrial-control environments. The case showed that malicious software could interact with physical industrial systems and accelerated debates on cybersecurity, sabotage, and interstate conflict. Public attribution, exact targets, and strategic effects do not follow from the technical advisory alone; this entry avoids assigning responsibility or making the episode the definitive “first” case of cyberwar.

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