Erik van Sabben (Vlissingen, The Netherlands January 31, 1972—January 16, 2009) was a Dutch engineer recruited in 2005 by the Dutch intelligence services AIVD and MIVD to infect the centrifuge infrastructure at the Natanz nuclear enrichment lab in Iran with the Stuxnet malware in 2007.[1][2][3][4][5] Although he completed the covert mission successfully and left Iran without incident, he later died in an apparent single-vehicle motorcycle accident in Dubai.[6][7][8] He was survived by his wife and children.[8]
See also
References
- ^ "Engineer who helped build the Maqta Bridge". The National. International Media Investments. January 23, 2009.
- ^ Aksunger, Selman (9 January 2024). "Dutch national sabotaged nuclear facility in Iran: Report". Anadolu Agency.
- ^ "New Revelations Shed More Light On Sabotage Of Iran Nuclear Program". Iran International. January 9, 2024.
- ^ Schneier, Bruce (23 February 2012). "Another Piece of the Stuxnet Puzzle". Schneier on Security. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ Modderkolk, Huib (January 8, 2024). "Sabotage in Iran: A Mission in Darkness". De Volksrant.
- ^ Kovacs, Eduard (January 10, 2024). "Dutch Engineer Used Water Pump to Get Billion-Dollar Stuxnet Malware Into Iranian Nuclear Facility: Report". Security Week.
- ^ Brovko, Liza (8 January 2024). "Media: The failure of Iranʼs nuclear program in 2007 was arranged by a Dutch engineer on behalf of the CIA and Mossad". Babel.
- ^ a b "Dutch man sabotaged Iranian nuclear program without Dutch government's knowledge: report". NL Times. 8 January 2024.
Further reading
- Sanger, David E. (5 June 2012). Confront and Conceal: Obama's Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power (1st ed.). Crown Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0307718020. LCCN 2012371924. OCLC 795464280. Retrieved 30 March 2022 – via Google Books.
External links
- Modderkolk, Huib (8 January 2024). "Sabotage in Iran" (in Dutch). Volkskrant.
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