The Stuxnet computer worm

[billy]

A piece of highly sophisticated malicious software that has infected an unknown number of power plants, pipelines and factories over the past year is the first program designed to cause serious damage in the physical world, security experts are warning.

The Stuxnet computer worm spreads through previously unknown holes in Microsoft's Windows operating system and then looks for a type of software made by Siemens and used to control industrial components, including valves and brakes.

Stuxnet can hide itself, wait for certain conditions and give new orders to the components that reverse what they would normally do, the experts said. The commands are so specific that they appear aimed at an industrial sector, but officials do not know which one or what the affected equipment would do.
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it's sad the virus can attack an individual factory or instillation such as irans nuclear plant. which has some people thinking its virus created by a western gov (namely the usa) whatever it is it's a new phase in the make up of an internet virus.

is this the new weapon of warfare or is it just some hacker or is it a viable way of disabling another countries infrastructure? gas, water, electricity, nuke energy ?