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Cyberattack plan against Iran if the nuclear deal fell through has in been the works since the Bush Administration. Implemented into Obama Administration in 2009, showcased how concered U.S. was about deal falling through.

Predictions believe that cyber warfare between nations will increase in 2016, with more precedent attacks from Russia, Iran, Israel, and the US. Cyberspace and its warfare currently lack regulation, in addition it is difficult to trace back or pin a cyber crime on a single individual.

The depth of US plans for a cyber war go beyond just the offense of the Stuxnet virus. The US had a contingency plan with nuclear Iranian facilities pinned as key target in case of an all out cyber war. The plans were drafted at the height of fear of Iran's development of potential nuclear weapons.

The Obama administration continued cyber warfare initiatives against Iran, originally developed by the Bush administration. The cyber-weapon, dubbed Stuxnet, was co-developed by America and Israel in efforts to thwart Iranian nuclear plans. Although initially effective in its goal to confuse Iran, the cyber weapon has only created a cyber warfare in which Iran learned from the attack and has launched its own cyber weapon.

ISIL's Hacking Division as of late December have tried penetrating the U.S. national electricity grid. Two hackers were caught, having accessed over 1,305 U.S. military personnel's addresses, locations, numbers and family information. Recent ISIL bloggers have discussed crashing passenger jets by hacking into on-board electronics. Other extremists have discussed triggering a lethal radiation release by sending rogue commands to nuclear power plants.

The article cites leaked documents provided by whistle-blower Edward Snowden that reveal US initiatives that launched cyber warfare on Iran. The document gives analysis of Iran's quickness to learn from US cyber attacks evidenced by the attacks by Iran on Saudia Arabia.