Erik Jacob van Sabben (Vlissingen, The Netherlands January 31, 1972—January 16, 2009) was a Dutch engineer. He was allegedly recruited in 2008 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 2009.[1][2][3][4][5] The industrial espionage operation required years of preparation and cooperation between the CIA and Mossad, and cost $1 billion in a collaborative effort known as Operation Olympic Games.[6][7][8][9][10] Stuxnet reportedly ruined almost one-fifth of Iran's nuclear centrifuges.[11][12]
Van Sabben died at age 36 in an apparent single-vehicle motorcycle accident in Dubai.[13][14][15] He was survived by his Iranian wife, Alenoosh, and two children from his first marriage, Yanna and Max van Sabben.[5][15][16]
See also
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edit- ^ "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.
- ^ Modderkolk, Huib (January 8, 2024). "Sabotage in Iran: A Mission in Darkness". De Volksrant.
- ^ a b Report: Dutch citizen allegedly sabotaged Iran’s nuclear facility The Sudan Times, January 9, 2024
- ^ "Confirmed: US and Israel created Stuxnet, lost control of it". Ars Technica. June 2012. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ Ellen Nakashima (2 June 2012). "Stuxnet was work of U.S. and Israeli experts, officials say". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ^ Bergman, Ronen; Mazzetti, Mark (4 September 2019). "The Secret History of the Push to Strike Iran". The New York Times. ProQuest 2283858753. Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ The Stuxnet Mystery... Dutch Engineer Disrupted Iranian Uranium Enrichment Asharq Al Awsat, 9 January 2024
- ^ Kushner, David (2013-02-26). "The Real Story of Stuxnet". IEEE Spectrum. 50 (3): 48–53. doi:10.1109/MSPEC.2013.6471059. S2CID 29782870. Archived from the original on 7 February 2022. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
- ^ Kelley, Michael (20 November 2013). "The Stuxnet Attack on Iran's Nuclear Plant Was 'Far More Dangerous' Than Previously Thought". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 9 May 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ Sanger, David E. (2012-06-01). "Obama Order Sped Up Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 1 June 2012. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Erik van Sabben, 1972-2008 Cranes Today, January 21, 2009
Further reading
edit- 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
edit- Modderkolk, Huib (8 January 2024). "Sabotage in Iran" (in Dutch). Volkskrant.
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