---
title: "GCHQ intel used to develop Stuxnet, claims new documentary"
url: "https://thecybersecurityplace.com/gchq-intel-used-to-develop-stuxnet-claims-new-documentary/"
date: "2016-02-17T06:49:03+00:00"
section: "Software"
tags:
  - "Backdoor"
  - "Cyber Attack"
  - "Software Security"
  - "Zero Day"
source: "theregister.co.uk"
source_url: "http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/17/stuxnet_nitero_zeus_program/"
---

# GCHQ intel used to develop Stuxnet, claims new documentary

February 17, 2016 · Reported by theregister.co.uk

![](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/portadas/2016/gchq-intel-used-to-develop-stuxnet-claims-new-documentary.jpg)

> The super worm known as Stuxnet was but a cog in an active US war program in which hundreds of thousands of network implants and backdoors in Iran networks were actively maintained to facilitate a devastating barrage of hacking attacks, a documentary claims.
>
> Zero Days , due to screen at the Berlin Film Festival today, claims that Stuxnet was just one part of an operation called “Olympic Games” that is itself part of a wider effort dubbed “Nitro Zeus” that involves hundreds of US defence personnel.

[Read the full article at theregister.co.uk](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/17/stuxnet_nitero_zeus_program/)

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