Monday, March 5, 2012

Stuxnet: Computer worm opens new era of warfare

Computer virus's evident success in damaging Iran's nuclear facility has officials asking if our own infrastructure is safe. Steve Kroft reports.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7400904n&tag=contentBody;storyMediaBox

12 comments:

  1. I find this to be very interesting. Instead of shooting eachother like we have in the past, I believe future warfare will be done electronically with viruses trying to screw eachother over and with unmanned drones killing our enemies without even standing up.

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    1. That just fuels other countries on making us think that we are the lazy, fat slobs that we come off as being. It's a great idea but nothing physical beneficial, other then not losing lives, would come of it.

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  2. Whoever came up with Stuxnet has a brilliant mind and great innovation. Im not saying I support Stuxnet, im not saying i dont, but whoever did this, is holding quite a lot of power in the world.

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  3. This seems like a very bad thing that has been introduced into the world. Like everything else invented this will probably be used a lot and be a major threat like a suitcase nuke.

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    1. yeah, if only we could keep control of weapons and not endanger ourselves. I don't know that I support this but it's good if it saves American lives (just make sure the cost of such a weapon isn't too great that it isn't worth it)

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  4. I belive cyber threats like this will become more and more prevalent and frequent and something thats gonna be a big part of terriosm and warfare in the near future.

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  5. What are we childern.... i know we wouldnt want to die but its for our country.. i mean this seems kinda childish

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  6. Wow, I completely agree with Impa... Whoever came up with this is crazily smart. It blows my mind, too, that people were able to decode it. I think that this is a terribly scary thing, though. It sort of reminded me of the movie Live Free or Die Hard when he talked about using it to control traffic lights, water plants, etc.

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  7. I can definetly see this becoming implemented as a form of a weapon for warfare, but it definetly can cause quite a lot of damage.

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  8. I agree that this person is extremly smart, and holds a lot of power.

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  9. This will lead to the idea that war is not deadly or gruesome, but is just a silly video game that makes us feel like we shouldn't give a shit what others might think or feel. But having this idea that ya I wanna just fly a drone around and shoot real people and think its not a big deal. DUMB.

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