The U.S. and Israel are developing a computer virus against the Iranian nuclear capabilities

The United States and Israel have jointly developed a computer virus known as the "Flame" for the Iranian nuclear capability, said on Wednesday Washington Post. U.S. officials have said that the malware had secretly nicknamed Flame traced and monitored the Iranian computer networks, citing a series of information campaign to prepare a virtual war, according to the media. The U.S. National Security Agency, the CIA and the Israeli army would be involved in efforts involving the use of malware such as viruses Stuxnet to cause failures in equipment Iranian nuclear enrichment, the newspaper said. A former senior U.S. intelligence dignitary told the Washington Post that Flame and Stuxnet were elements of a broader assault that continues today. The association of the establishment of Flame, which was unveiled last month when Iran has detected a series of virtual attacks on its oil industry between the U.S. and Iran, had not been confirmed. The virus was developed there are at least five years as part of efforts classified under the code name "Olympics", according to officials and experts familiar with U.S. cyber operations. The New York Times reported this month that U.S. President had ordered the intensification of virtual attacks on Iran's nuclear program a few months after his inauguration, greatly increasing the first use of American weapons cybernétiques.Le program, launched by Bush administration and called the Olympic Games, designed the computer systems that manage key Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities, the newspaper said. However, a programming error allowed the virus Stuxnet, developed by the U.S. and Israel to escape from the central Iranian Natanz and go around the world on the Internet during the summer of 2010.