Suxnet was also the subject of a Time cover story.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. military officials confirmed Monday that the entire U.S. defense network was briefly disabled last week by an Iranian computer virus that infects military computers and then runs nonstop pornography on them.
Rumors of the Iranian virus, dubbed 'Suxnet' by members of the U.S. military, have been circulating since as early as 2001, when the U.S. first began large-scale troop deployments to the Middle East.
Officials familiar with the virus said it was extremely aggressive, thoroughly penetrating military computers before it was detected.
