Operation “Olympics Games.&quot; Cyber-sabotage, as a tool of American intelligence aimed to counteract the development of Iran&apos;s nuclear program

Mariusz Antoni Kamiński

doi:10.35467/sdq/121974

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Title

Operation “Olympics Games." Cyber-sabotage, as a tool of American intelligence aimed to counteract the development of Iran's nuclear program

Authors

Mariusz Antoni Kamiński (WBN) ^{[ 1 ][ 6.3 ][ P ]}

^{[ 1 ]} Instytut Bezpieczeństwa Państwa, Wydział Bezpieczeństwa Narodowego, Akademia Sztuki Wojennej | ^{[ P ]} employee

Scientific discipline (Law 2.0)

[6.3] Security studies

Year of publication

2020

Published in

Security and Defence Quarterly

Journal year: 2020 | Journal volume: vol. 29 | Journal number: no. 2

Article type

scientific article

Publication language

english

Keywords

PL

Bezpieczeństwo teleinformatyczne
Broń masowego rażenia
Cyberterroryzm
Izrael
Iran
Służby wywiadowcze wojska
Wywiad amerykański
Wywiad wojskowy

EN

Cyber attack
Cybersecurity
Iran
Israel
Military intelligence
United States of America
Weapons of mass destruction

Abstract

EN The purpose of the article is to analyse Operation “Olympic Games” including, in particular, to indicate the political background to the activities aimed at preventing the development of Iran’s nuclear programme, and to examine the preparation and conduct of the operation, the involvement of the US and Israeli intelligence services, and the use of intelligence methods and sources. An equally important objective is to indicate the real consequences of the cyberattack with the Stuxnet virus. In the research process, a critical analysis of literature in the field of Intelligence Studies and source materials (including legal acts, strategies, reports, and other official studies of the entities forming the US Intelligence Community) was carried out. The example of Operation Olympics Games shows that complex cyber-sabotage operations resulting in the destruction of critical infrastructure on a large scale require the involvement of numerous state resources and advanced cyber activities, and the use of many different methods and intelligence sources. Thus, strong states with well-developed intelligence capabilities are much more capable of effectively using cyber-sabotage on a large scale.

Date of online publication

05.06.2020

Pages (from - to)

63 - 71

DOI

10.35467/sdq/121974

URL

https://securityanddefence.pl/Operation-Olympics-Games-Cyber-sabotage-as-a-tool-of-American-intelligence-aimed,121974,0,2.html

Comments

Bibliografia, netografia na stronach 60-61.

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CC BY-NC-ND (attribution - noncommercial - no derivatives)