Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Stuxnet and Crack Cocaine - Intelligence Horror

Like the spread of Crack Cocaine across the world, and other drugs, and other terror, an all too familiar story. These spooks have a hell of a lot to answer for IMHO.

"It was that second, Israeli-modified version that escaped from containment, infected computer networks all over the world, and introduced all of us to the idea that cyber-warfare was more than a metaphor or a science-fiction plot device. That was the one that became known as Stuxnet, after an enterprising computer engineer in Ukraine identified it and technicians at Symantec spent months picking it apart. And as with nuclear weapons and chemical weapons and drones, once the genie was out of the bottle there was no way to put it back."

http://www.salon.com/2016/07/13/science_fiction_cyber_war_is_here_alex_gibney_on_zero_days_and_stuxnet_the_secret_weapon_that_got_away/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

http://www.salon.com/2016/07/13/science_fiction_cyber_war_is_here_alex_gibney_on_zero_days_and_stuxnet_the_secret_weapon_that_got_away/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow