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Loading ...After David Sanger of the New York Times exposed the very revealing information regarding the Stuxnet computer worm and the U.S.’s alleged involvement in it, a lot of questions began to arise. There has been talk of cybersecurity laws, the threat of cyberwarfare, and many other issues regarding the Internet and the capabilities it has created.
According to Jon Lindsay, who is a research fellow with the University of California’s Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, Stuxnet is a piece of malware that was designed as a cyber attack. Its purpose was to destruct the normal operations of a uranium facility in Iran that has been suspected to be part of a nuclear initiative from the country.
As to whether or not the effort was successful, Lindsay told us that, although it did create confusion among Iranian engineers, the enrichment of uranium continued and even improved during the attack. In other words, he believes it had a “minor effect” on the Iranian plant.
Although there has been a lot of speculation about its influence and whether laws should ban such activity, Lindsay doesn’t think enough information is available at this point to make such judgments. According to him, people shouldn’t be fearful, but cyber efforts will continue going forward. However, he doesn’t think we will see large-scale cyber attacks.
“We will continue to see more and more cybercrime, but no cybercrime that massively brings down financial systems,” he said. “We will continue to see a rise in espionage, but it will continue to be like espionage always is – a very ambiguous instrument.”
What are your thoughts on Stuxnet and the whole concept of cyberweapons? We’d love to hear your thoughts.
Ok so both Stuxnet and Flame are created by the US government. So who is the enemy we are supposed to fear when its our government creating these viruses.
So who watches the watchers?
The enemy is government, thats been the case for a while. If you take it a step further, the only other country with vast global experiences is the UK. They hoisted the union jack in all these little countries we now send troops to , and what we do in fact is act as the UK’s cash cow free military force to restore the UK influence back to normal there. Check out the value of the UK pound, its always been a higher rated currency than any other since nearly the dawn of the internet. The only player that would have the exchange rate advantage here would be the UK. Remember, we speak the english language, which is their language, our flag has the same colors, and there were alot of UK based financial instutitions involved in the 2–8-9 financial meltdown on wall street. They were also the first country to admit that the same crisis was happening in the UK at the same time….coincidence?
Hi . Steve i’m absolutely agree with you . Government is the enemy and the only other country with vast global experiences is the UK .
Is it also a coincidence that this comic in the white house has British blood in him, has lived more outside the USA than inside it? Did he scold the UK much about the oil spill in the gulf? He actualy hooked them up with that deal. If you ask me , this is the UK sneaking back in to this country while we ignore our founding fathers long proven traditions….they were written for a reason.
Steve your onto it but It all goes a lot further back and what you have been taught in history has been constructed that way so you don’t know the truth. The U.S has never been free from the U.K, It’s all a diversion from the fact that the UK pulls the strings. Economic crisis is planned as is all the conflicts we see. The media is owned by the same companies which have an agenda for the new world order. What we’re seeing is best described as “Problem, reaction, solution”, the problem is created by the people above the governments, the reaction from the people is “something needs to be done”, the solution is given which was the first thing to be created. This is not a bullshit NWO conspiracy theory anymore, the truth is in front of our eyes, we all just have to open them! Forget what you think you know, I think you may find what David Icke has researched over the last 20 years interesting. Actually, if you do have the time there are plenty of youtube videos on his talks. We all need to follow our instincts on this because I can see everybody starting to realize something hasn’t been right for a long time!
Cheers
Harry S Truman dropped two (2) nuclear bombs on Japan to end WWII. This was the begininning to the end of the Executive Branch of the U.S. government.
Everyone has theories about what is what, but are too chicken-sh*t to do anything about it.
The only reason that we’re seeing more and more brits on our media outlets is because marketing research has shown that a british accented voice SELLS. But its only a matter of time before this fad fades.
DARPA created the internet. A somewhat secretive Military entity. To quote Eisenhower, “A vital element in keeping the peace is our military establishment. Our arms must be mighty, ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction… Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been overshadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields. In the same fashion, the free university, historically the fountainhead of free ideas and scientific discovery, has experienced a revolution in the conduct of research. Partly because of the huge costs involved, a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity. For every old blackboard there are now hundreds of new electronic computers.” http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~hst306/documents/indust.html
Think about that!
virus viral infection is major problem in word.We can’t alleged to other or us government.It’s competition of antivirus company to publish a antivirus product.One company produce a new virus and then provide a antivirus solution.