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CIA Weapon Stuxnet Destroyed 1000 Iranian Nuclear Centrifuges With Computer Virus

The Why Files · The Machines Are Watching You | And They Know Everything (Compilation) · May 17, 2026
CIA Weapon Stuxnet Destroyed 1000 Iranian Nuclear Centrifuges With Computer Virus
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The Machines Are Watching You | And They Know Everything (Compilation)
"Over 1,000 uranium centrifuges were destroyed by Stuxnet. This set Iran's nuclear enrichment program back months, maybe years. Stuxnet was the first time a nation-state developed proactive, offensive weaponized code that could do actual physical damage to another country. If a nuclear reactor could be destroyed from the inside, what other real-world damage could Stuxnet or other malicious code do?"
Stuxnet virus infected air-gapped Iranian nuclear facilities through contractor USB drives and sabotaged centrifuge speeds while reporting normal operations. The cyberweapon used four zero-day exploits and stolen digital certificates. Though no government officially acknowledged it, leaked documents confirm it was developed by US intelligence as part of Operation Olympic Games with Israeli assistance.

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This compilation episode of The Why Files examines how machines and technology have created unprecedented surveillance and control capabilities that threaten privacy and security. Host AJ presents evidence from whistleblower documents, patents, and declassified programs showing how governments weaponized everything from architecture to quantum computing. The episode opens with revelations about 33 Thomas Street in Manhattan, a windowless AT&T building that Edward Snowden documents exposed as NSA surveillance hub Titan Point conducting mass surveillance on allies and enemies with full-take data collection. The compilation moves through number stations broadcasting coded spy messages on shortwave radio since World War I, then explores an 18-mile wire called an eruv circling Manhattan for religious purposes. More disturbing material follows: infrasound at 19 Hz can induce fear and hallucinations, with the military developing sonic weapons causing physical harm; subliminal advertising evolved into weaponized mind control technology deployed in Iraq during Desert Storm using Silent Sounds technology embedding brainwave frequencies in radio to induce hopelessness; Stuxnet cyberweapon destroyed over 1,000 Iranian nuclear centrifuges as part of CIA Operation Olympic Games, proving code can cause physical destruction; HAARP facility in Alaska can manipulate weather and potentially trigger earthquakes using ionospheric heating based on suppressed Tesla research; Edward Bernays used propaganda to orchestrate the 1954 CIA coup in Guatemala killing 200,000 over 40 years; and Google's 2024 Project Willow quantum computer breakthrough means all modern encryption protecting banking, medical records, and government secrets will be crackable by 2029, years ahead of NSA predictions. Throughout, the episode argues that technologies developed for beneficial purposes are inevitably weaponized by military and intelligence agencies operating in secrecy without oversight or accountability.

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