<P> Sandro Gaycken from the Free University Berlin argued that the attack on Iran was a ruse to distract from Stuxnet's real purpose . According to him, its broad dissemination in more than 100,000 industrial plants worldwide suggests a field test of a cyber weapon in different security cultures, testing their preparedness, resilience, and reactions, all highly valuable information for a cyberwar unit . </P> <P> The United Kingdom has denied involvement in the worm's creation . </P> <P> Stratfor Documents released by Wikileaks suggest that the International Security Firm' Stratfor' believe that Israel is behind Stuxnet--"But we can't assume that because they did Stuxnet that they are capable of doing this blast as well". </P> <P> In July 2013, Edward Snowden claimed that Stuxnet was cooperatively developed by the United States and Israel . </P>

What worm was the first to cause major physical damage to a facility