A
computer worm or
bot reported to have been created by the
United States Government (probably the
National Security Administration) in conjunction with
Israel, its initial purpose was to infiltrate the computers at
Iran's
nuclear refinement facility and allow the U.S. a way to disable or damage Iran's centrifuges. The program "Olympic Games" was initiated by
George W. Bush in 2006 and continued by
Barack Obama even after the worm went "rogue" and infected computers in other countries.
After the worm was secretly introduced into the
nuclear facility's computers, about 1,000 of 5,000 centrifuges were damaged or destroyed by commands to over-speed. More damage was also caused to control mechanisms and monitors. According to some, citing
United Nations conventions, this puts the
United States technically at
war with
Iran.
