computer virus

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The Stuxnet computer virus in the late 2000s also attacked control units for uranium centrifuges, causing the sensitive devices to spin out of control and destroy themselves.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2023

The scam began with a pop-up alert about a computer virus and instructions to call a number to get the problem resolved.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2023

The computer virus Stuxnet, which is widely believed to have been developed by the United States and Israel, was discovered in 2010 after it was used to attack a uranium enrichment facility in Iran.

From Reuters • Oct. 26, 2021

He started it in 1987 in his small house in Santa Clara, Calif., in response to the news of a Pakistani computer virus called Brain, thought to be the first to attack personal computers.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2021

A computer virus was the perfect piece of sabotage: invisible and instantaneous.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz