Stuxnet was a cyber attack from 2004-2007 by the US and Israel that used cyber sabotage to physically destroy Iranian nuclear centrifuges at the Natanz facility. Duqu from 2007-2011 was US and Israeli cyber espionage malware targeting industrial control systems. Flame from 2009-2012 was US and Israeli cyber reconnaissance malware that exfiltrated data from computers in Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Sudan and Israel.

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Label Timeframe Purpose Target
Nation State
Responsible
Nation State
Affected
Stuxnet
2004 -
2007
Cyber / Physical
Destruction
Iranian
Nuclear
Facility @
Natanz
US & Israel
Islamic
Republic of
Iran
Duqu
2007 –
2011
Cyber Counter
Intelligence
Industrial
Control
Systems
US & Israel
…Taiwan –
Republic of
China
Multiple…
Flame
2009 -
2012
Cyber
reconnaissance/
cyber data
exfiltration…
Cyber espionage
Middle
Eastern
computer
systems
US & Israel
Iran, Lebanon,
Syria, Sudan,
Occupied
Territories of
Israel
Gauss
2011 -
2012
Cyber
surveillance /
Banking Trojan
Middle
Eastern Banks
Unknown
Lebanon,
CitiBank &
PayPal
Batch
Wiper
2012 Cyber Destruction
Iranian Oil
Infrastructure
US & Israel
Islamic
Republic of
Iran
Weaponized Malware