A video blogger named Hungry Beast is behind this fascinating visualisation of the dangerous computer virus – Stuxnet – know to be the first cyber weapon ever to be constructed by mankind. You’ll hopefully understand why I’m focusing on what’s going on online at the moment…
Pandora’s box has been opened; on the new battlefield the aggressors are anonymous, the shots are fired without starting wars and the foot soldiers can pull their triggers without leaving their desks.
In June last year, a computer virus called Stuxnet was discovered lurking in the data banks of power plants, traffic control systems and factories around the world. Hungry Beast introduce the video:
Pandora’s box has been opened; on the new battlefield the aggressors are anonymous, the shots are fired without starting wars and the foot soldiers can pull their triggers without leaving their desks.
Last week the United States government announced they would retaliate to a cyber-attack with conventional force. The threat is real, and the age in which a computer bug could cost lives has begun.
Related by the Econotwist’s:
- The Cyber War: Complete Coverage
- Stuxnet Mutants All Over The Web
- Hackers Release Cloned Stuxnet Worm Online
- Europe: Cyber Criminals Attack Critical Water, Oil and Gas Systems
- Internet Nuke Bomb Ready To Blow
- EU To Create New Cyber Defence Unit
- Cyber Attack Against Norwegian Military, Massive and Targeted
- Spies Like US
Related articles:
- The Next Stuxnet (eset.com)
- Most Vulns Exploited By Stuxnet Worm Remain Unpatched (it.slashdot.org)
- APNewsBreak: Study advised US on Libya hacking (seattlepi.com)
- Experts advised U.S. how to cyber attack Libya (cbsnews.com)
- Another Stuxnet from the “Stars”? (paulsparrows.wordpress.com)
- Firms’ role in cyberwarfare growing: report (cbc.ca)
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