Alex Gibney’s unusual documentary argues that cyber-attacks are the next astronomical thing in war,offering not just the ability to spy, but to launch a complete offensive The title of Alex Gibney’s unusual documentary about cyberwarfare has something apocalyptic about it: a digital version of the Book Of Revelations, and perhaps. It’s actually a technical term relating to a sophisticated piece of weapons-grade malware developed in the final decade by the US and Israeli security services: it can inaugurate to replicate itself immediately on being implanted. Analysts nicknamed it “Stuxnet”,though the intelligence officers themselves gave their baby the creepy codename “Olympic Games”. Related: White House seeks its first ever chief information security officer Related: ‘Trident is old technology’: the brave unusual world of cyber warfare Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com