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U.S. Linked to previously unknown computer viruses in Mideast
U.S. Linked to previously unknown computer viruses in Mideast
Experts: U.S. may be linked to previously unknown computer viruses in Mideast
Kaspersky and Symantec firms detect new programs infecting computers in Iran, Lebanon while studying ‘Flame’ virus; experts in both companies linked Stuxnet to Flame in June of this year.
By Reuters | Sep.18, 2012 | 9:01 AM
Researchers have found evidence suggesting that the United States may have developed three previously unknown computer viruses for use in espionage operations or cyber warfare.
The findings are likely to bolster a growing view that the U.S. government is using cyber technology more widely than previously believed to further its interests in the Middle East.
The United States has already been linked to the Stuxnet Trojan that attacked Iran’s nuclear program in 2010 and the sophisticated Flame cyber surveillance tool that was uncovered in May.
Anti-virus software makers Symantec Corp of the United States and Kaspersky Lab of Russia disclosed on Monday that they have found evidence that Flame’s operators may have also worked with three other viruses that have yet to be discovered. Read story>>
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Anonymous 
and japan? disaster ?? 
