For years we've heard breathless reports about the potential for cyber-attacks to shut down electric grids and transit systems. Even minor cross-border digital incidents have gotten tabloid treatment.
Now we know what a real cyber-attack looks like. And it looks pretty good from here.
This one came at the welcome expense of the Iranian nuclear program. It involved no loss of life, invasion of territory or release of radioactivity. Yet the "Stuxnet" computer virus is said to have set back Tehran's nuclear arms race by as much as four years.
Geek Squad 1; Rogue State 0.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-cyberwarfare-20110131,0,3749516.story
Now we know what a real cyber-attack looks like. And it looks pretty good from here.
This one came at the welcome expense of the Iranian nuclear program. It involved no loss of life, invasion of territory or release of radioactivity. Yet the "Stuxnet" computer virus is said to have set back Tehran's nuclear arms race by as much as four years.
Geek Squad 1; Rogue State 0.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-cyberwarfare-20110131,0,3749516.story
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