Let slip the nerds of war!
by John MacBeath Watkins
Great TED talk about Suxnet.
http://www.ted.com/talks/ralph_langner_cracking_stuxnet_a_21st_century_cyberweapon.html
Looks most likely the US is behind this, and the US is also the location of most of the potential targets for this sort of attack. This could really come back and bite us in the arse, but I suppose if we hadn't done this, it wouldn't have delayed anyone else using it. Thing is, it looks really hard to defend against, even if you know it's a possibility.
Here's the first post I read about it.
Great TED talk about Suxnet.
http://www.ted.com/talks/ralph_langner_cracking_stuxnet_a_21st_century_cyberweapon.html
Looks most likely the US is behind this, and the US is also the location of most of the potential targets for this sort of attack. This could really come back and bite us in the arse, but I suppose if we hadn't done this, it wouldn't have delayed anyone else using it. Thing is, it looks really hard to defend against, even if you know it's a possibility.
Here's the first post I read about it.
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