- Source: Erik van Sabben
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.
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. Stuxnet reportedly ruined almost one-fifth of Iran's nuclear centrifuges.
Van Sabben died at age 36 in an apparent single-vehicle motorcycle accident in Dubai. He was survived by his Iranian wife, Alenoosh, and two children from his first marriage, Yanna and Max van Sabben.
See also
2021 Natanz incident
Nuclear program of Iran
References
Further reading
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
Modderkolk, Huib (8 January 2024). "Sabotage in Iran" (in Dutch). Volkskrant.
