In 2008, a Dutchman played a crucial role in the United States and Israeli-led operation to sabotage Iran’s nuclear program. The then 36-year-old Erik van Sabben infiltrated an Iranian nuclear complex and released the infamous Stuxnet virus, paralyzing the country’s nuclear program

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The article is said to contain a mistake; “He died two weeks later in a motorcycle accident near his home in Dubai”. Planting Stuxnet in Natanz reportedly took place in 2007, the Dutchman’s deadly motorcycle accident in January 2009.

https://twitter.com/hdevreij/status/1744296190974304666

UPD Obituary from January 2009

Erik van Sabben, a Dubai-based engineer whose expertise in the heavy lifting and transport industry placed him at the forefront of the rapid development in the Gulf over the past decade, has died.

https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/engineer-who-helped-build-the-maqta-bridge-1.553285