NPR: US 'Leading Force' Behind Stuxnet, a "cyber super weapon"

[eyeheartlenin]

According to public radio this morning, it was probably the US government that created an extremely sophisticated computer worm, Stuxnet, aimed at sabotaging a nuclear facility in Iran. The thing is, once released, the worm will eventually be "available on the Internet for dissection by anyone who has the motivation or money to do so," so that it could be used against "an industrial control system" in the US, "a US power plant, for example." A US cyber attack on Iran, in other words, could easily come back to bite us, to disable elements of the power grid in the US. Can you say, "foolhardy, if not suicidal"?

The whole story is available at:
http://www.npr.org/2011/09/26/140789306/security-expert-u-s-leading-force-behind-stuxnet

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

More like "arrogant". Hasn't the US accused China of engaging in cyberwarfare?

What is surprising is that they didn't see this coming, or didn't care about it. Is the US government really so desperate to strike a covert blow against Iran that they are willing to put their own facilities at risk while doing so?

Which makes me think, what are the chances of this being an Israeli creation? Since Mossad agents have the word "callous" carved into their hearts as part of basic training, I don't imagine they would be too bothered if US industry and infrastructure suffered some collateral damage as a result of deploying this worm.

[Bud Struggle]

I heard the piece. There is a long range chance of something similar being used against America in the future. It's not like America is putting itself directly at risk.

The same thing is happening with drone planes. The US uses them to good advantage but there is a long terrm chance someone might use it against the US someday.

Some really clever technology going out there these days.

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

I heard the piece. There is a long range chance of something similar being used against America in the future. It's not like America is putting itself directly at risk.

The same thing is happening with drone planes. The US uses them to good advantage but there is a long terrm chance someone might use it against the US someday.

Some really clever technology going out there these days.

There's more of a chance of the worm being turned against them than the drone, because in order to work effectively the worm must copy itself everywhere, effectively dropping the worm right into the laps of anyone skilled and interested enough to do things with it.