There are many unknown parts of the Stuxnet puzzle but there are known facts that we can talk about and examine. First of all, what is Stuxnet? It is a very well designed worm that is specifically designed to attack industrial equipment by spying and then physically damaging the equipment. Many hackers attempted to create something like this but they were never this successful. The Stuxnet attacks started in Iran during June of 2009 and during these attacks, the developers of the worm had two goals, first to test the code and second to try to finally get the code to the Natanz uranium enrichment plant which is also in Iran. The uranium enrichment plant is not connected to the internet, thus attacking it would mean someone had to physically connect an infected computer or a USB stick to the network of the plant. There were five entities that were heavily infected with the Stuxnet worm and by June 2010, the planned attack on the plant became a reality. Video footage recorded by the International Atomic Energy Agency and watched by U.N. Officials shows Iranian workers scramble to replace failed centrifuges. Symantec's report adds more evidence that this was a planned attack. After the code was closely examined it showed that the worm infects many devices but all it does is replicate and spread to other machines in hopes of finding its targeted system. Even though there are many infected machines, the worm doesn't harm them that much. This is a very interesting story that we can all learn from. Anti-virus and other attack detection devices are very necessary in this day and age. It is important to educate everyone in the organization that security threats do exist and that it is important to protect your information at work and at home.