"European digital security company Kaspersky Labs released a statement that described Stuxnet as "a working and fearsome prototype of a cyber-weapon that will lead to the creation of a new arms race in the world."
"After all, hitting the nuclear plant with a 500 pound bomb would have produced far more collateral damage than attacking it with a cyber weapon, right?
Cybersecurity consultant [Stephen] Spoonamore is not so sure. "Compared to releasing code that controls most of the worlds' hydroelectric dams or many of the world's nuclear plants or many of the world's electrical switching stations? I can think of very few stupider blowback decisions," Spoonamore adds."
"It looks like government is either inept at releasing detailed technical information to help protect the country or – for other reasons political or strategic – has decided to pull its punches on helping defuse Stuxnet, security experts, former government officials and Stuxnet experts told the monitor."
Given what is likely to become the historical significance of this, I can't believe how little media coverage it is getting.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0921/Stuxnet-malware-is-weapon-out-to-destroy-Iran-s-Bushehr-nuclear-plant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet
"European digital security company Kaspersky Labs released a statement that described Stuxnet as "a working and fearsome prototype of a cyber-weapon that will lead to the creation of a new arms race in the world."
A sign of the damage:
http://debka.com/article/9050/
"After all, hitting the nuclear plant with a 500 pound bomb would have produced far more collateral damage than attacking it with a cyber weapon, right?
Cybersecurity consultant [Stephen] Spoonamore is not so sure. "Compared to releasing code that controls most of the worlds' hydroelectric dams or many of the world's nuclear plants or many of the world's electrical switching stations? I can think of very few stupider blowback decisions," Spoonamore adds."
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/2010/1001/Clues-emerge-about-genesis-of-Stuxnet-worm
"It looks like government is either inept at releasing detailed technical information to help protect the country or – for other reasons political or strategic – has decided to pull its punches on helping defuse Stuxnet, security experts, former government officials and Stuxnet experts told the monitor."
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/1003/Stuxnet-worm-Private-security-experts-want-US-to-tell-them-more
who else thinks that it's weird that the US had a government organization called isis ?