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The Cluster Bomb Of Internet Warfare

September 27, 2010 · Mustapha Hamoui

According to a New York Times analysis, Stuxnet was a rather blunt instrument:

The program was splattered on thousands of computer systems around the world, and much of its impact has been on those systems, rather than on what appears to have been its intended target, Iranian equipment. Computer security specialists are also puzzled by why it was created to spread so widely.