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Re:Israel Hacked Kaspersky, Then Tipped NSA Its Tools Had Be... by auganov on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @02:57AM (#15447764)
Care to expand on the "theft and premature release of Stuxnet by Israel"? Most information seems to point to it being a joint US-Israeli creation or even primarily Israeli.

We do know for a fact that US General James Cartwright pleaded guilty to leaking Stuxnet. And then got pardoned by Obama.

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Re:Israel Hacked Kaspersky, Then Tipped NSA Its Tools Had Be... by tallanvor on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @07:13AM (#15448794)
No, he pleaded guilty to making false statements, not to leaking Stuxnet. More specifically, he admitted to providing classified information to reporters in 2012, over a year after Stuxnet was identified.

Now, whether or not he was guilty of more than that, I don't think we know, but that's often the nature of plea deals.

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Re:Israel Hacked Kaspersky, Then Tipped NSA Its Tools Had Be... by auganov on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @08:01AM (#15449013)
Good catch, sorry about the fake info!
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