Rogue US-Israeli cyberwar weapon 'infected Russian nuclear plant' Stuxnet - the famous worm widely credited with crippling the Iranian nuclear weapons programme for several years - also infected the internal network of a Russian nuclear plant. Unspecified malware has even reached the International Space Station, according to the boss of Russian anti-virus firm Kaspersky Lab. Eugene Kaspersky …
Security Software companies can never be seen to have defeated their enemy, they need headlines like this and the fear associated with it to perpetuate their very existence.
Wouldn't surprise me if there happens to be a low malware virus news day they throw a few of their own concoctions out into the wild.
This is clearly a systematic attack of "cyberterrorism" as people who know little about security, computing, networks or the novels of William Gibson tend to call it.
As such, I believe the established US government doctrine is that nations that are harmed by these attacks have the right to bomb and/or invade the nation(s) responsible for them. Have I got that right?
Perhaps nothing, perhaps something. Education in poor countries still matters. Off the record, with a beer, is still more giving. Bureaucracy is slow. Linux is more secure than Windows. Flash drives are as secure as used condoms. Nobody knows everything. And apparently Australians have the ability to either speak Australian or English. Most men with a name need a hair cut, Note to my self, shut up.
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