YEAR IN REVIEW
Year: 2010
Court filings and enforcement actions initiated or unsealed during calendar year 2010.
Key Facts
Cases Opened
1
Prosecution dockets
Identified Losses
$1.0 billion
Reported damages
- 1 major cases opened or unsealed in 2010.
- Cumulative losses identified for 2010 matters exceed $1.0 billion.
- Documented from federal indictments and official government disclosures.
Documented Matters for 2010
uncharged 2010-06-17
Operation Olympic Games (Stuxnet Industrial SCADA Cyberweapon)
Joint United States and Israeli covert cyber operation that deployed the Stuxnet computer worm, the first known malware capable of causing physical destruction to industrial hardware. The worm exploited four Windows zero-day vulnerabilities and compromised Siemens Step7 PLC software to spin Natanz nuclear centrifuges out of control.
2 techniques
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