There is a new weapon that has been speculated to have caused the explosion on a rig in the GOM, but thought to have been created to take out the nuclear power plant in Iran.

Thread: Cyber "super weapon" designed to hit Iran nuclear plant.

The cyber worm, called Stuxnet, has been the object of intense study since its detection in June. As more has become known about it, alarm about its capabilities and purpose have grown. Some top cyber security experts now say Stuxnet's arrival heralds something blindingly new: a cyber weapon created to cross from the digital realm to the physical world – to destroy something.

[link to www.csmonitor.com]



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