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June 20, 2012 12:20 am GMT

U.S. and Israel Designed Flame Virus to Target Iran [REPORT]




The United States and Israel teamed up to design Flame, one of the nastiest computer viruses ever discovered in the wilds of the Internet, according to a report.

Flame, which is a highly sophisticated piece of malware that turns infected computers into listening machines, was designed to map out Iran's nuclear systems and spy on Iranian officials, according to "Western officials with knowledge of the effort," reports the Washington Post.

The joint effort, codenamed "Olympic Games" (which also reportedly bred the Stuxnet virus) involved the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency and elements of Israel's military.

Flame was designed to disguise itself as a commonpla…
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