Experts say Iran has ‘neutralised’ Stuxnet virus

NEW YORK: Iranian engineers have succeeded in neutralising and purging the computer virus known as Stuxnet from their country’s nuclear machinery, European and US officials and private experts have told Reuters.

The malicious code, whose precise origin and authorship remain unconfirmed, made its way as early as 2009 into equipment controlling centrifuges Iran is using to enrich uranium, dealing a significant but perhaps temporary setback to Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons work.