The Iranians say that just as they gained some control over the original Stuxnet worm, three new mutations were ¨distributed.¨ What the word ¨distributed¨might mean is unclear, but it raises some interesting questions.

Could it mean the mutant versions of Stuxnet were again put on their systems from outside, or did the worm itself change while it was sitting in their electronics? Either scenario should be worrisome to the Iranians, as either way it means their systems are very vulnerable. Perhaps ridiculously so.

Further, the seriousness of the infection, although denied by Iran, is illustrated by the Soviet style purge they have now apparently initiated among their scientists, and indeed any one else they suspect could have been involved. At the least, this will demoralize and cause fear in those who work in the program, and at worst will itself cripple their nuclear effort, as those who are concerned that they might be blamed by some paranoid mullah, or ratted on by an enemy or someone who wants their job, seek to save themselves.

So in summary, the successful introduction of this worm not only has damaged the electronic and physical structure of the Iranian nuclear effort, it has also cause these religious fascists to begin the likely destruction, by their own hand, of the human assets of their program.

Somewhere in the world, the creators of this wonderful act of sabotage are laughing it up at the raw stupidity of these religious tyrants.