Friday, September 24, 2010

msnbc.com - Cyber attack appears to target Iran
Reuters reports: "A computer virus that attacks a widely used industrial system appears aimed mostly at Iran [...] European digital security company Kaspersky Labs said the attack could only be conducted 'with nation-state support. Stuxnet is a working and fearsome prototype of a cyber-weapon that will lead to the creation of a new arms race in the world,' it said in a statement about the virus which attacks Siemens AG's widely used industrial control systems."

NYTimes.com - Cyberwar Chief Calls for Secure Computer Network
The New York Times reports: "The new commander of the military’s cyberwarfare operations is advocating the creation of a separate, secure computer network to protect civilian government agencies and critical industries like the nation’s power grid against attacks mounted over the Internet."

Comment: While it's too early to know who launched this cyberwar attack attack on Iran's nuclear facilities it's not too early to suggest that regardless of who actually did it, Iran will blame the West and Israel. Although the age of cyberwarfare began in 2007 (at least in terms of the public open-source timeline) with the Russian attack on Estonia, the media and a small percentage of the public at large may now be waking up to the realization of the full implications of cyberwar.

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