In times of the Gaza war, the report from the Dutch newspaper “de Volkskrant” seems like a reminder of a bygone era. The events she uncovers only took place a good 17 years ago. A mysterious piece of malware called Stuxnet had infected Iran’s nuclear facilities. In the Natanz enrichment plant, a third of the centrifuges failed within a few months. The world had gained time to address the Iranian nuclear threat.

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