[governance] America's new cyber attacks on Middle East

[riaz.tayob at gmail.com]

Not necessarily, but Reuters is hardly a conspiracy mag... In any event, where there is this kind of issue it can be likened to bio defence (where bio weapons are banned but preparation for defence is allowed... So just where do you get the dangerous stuff?).

The reason for the post is to somewhat counterbalance the foci on poorer countries by assessing the rich countries Ito their internal standards... Which is fair? Or no?

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On 18 Sep 2012, at 12:05 PM, Chaitanya Dhareshwar <chaitanyabd at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's like the rumour back when they said the US was spreading swine flu because the then Sec. of Def Mr Rumsfield was on Tamiflu's board of directors. It may be hard to conclusively link back to the US.
>  
> It may be military ops or something else - but does that prove it's America attacking?
>  
> -C
> 
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Riaz K Tayob <riaz.tayob at gmail.com> wrote:
> America's new cyber attacks on Middle East
> 
> Reuters
> Tuesday 18 September 2012
> 
> 
> Researchers have found evidence suggesting the United States may have developed three previously unknown computer viruses for use in cyber warfare.
> 
> Anti-virus software makers Symantec of the US and Kaspersky Lab of Russia say about a dozen computers in Iran and Lebanon are infected. The researchers say the malware fits the profile of military operations.
> 
> The US has already been linked to the Stuxnet Trojan that attacked Iran's nuclear programme in 2010 and the Flame cyber surveillance tool that was uncovered in May.
> 
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