Washington: US President Barack Obama was behind the Stuxnet cyber attack on Iran's nuclear enrichment facilities last year.
The Virus attacks code named "Olympic Games" began during the Bush administration and got acceleration by Obama administration.
The New York times reported that the Stuxnet virus escaped the Iranian plant and caused cyber destruction around the world as it leaked and wreaked havoc on hundreds of thousands of computers around the world, including Australia.
Although Obama asked whether the US should "shut this thing down" during a meeting with the CIA director, Leon E Panetta, and Vice President Joe Bidenm but despite the minimal damage to Iran's plants and the huge collateral damage elsewhere, it was decided the attacks should continue.
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