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"New evidence of Flame malware 'suicide' code"
Reply to: by Psycros
Why the nation-state connection? Has it occurred to anyone that this malware is also attacking the most oil-rich regions? Money could easily be the prime motivator. Imagine having inside info about where the petroleum market is headed, because you’ve hacked all the Saudi and Iraqi systems. ANY malware writer would attempt to cover his tracks if he had the skill. Certainly the best hackers work for governments but that’s not proof enough to point the finger directly at Israel and the US, which is what the press seems determined to spin the Flame story into. They still haven’t provided one shred of evidence that Western powers had anything to do with Stuxnet! Of course its highly likely that Israeli intelligence was directly involved in its creation, but until we get some legitimate proof its all conjecture..and much of it agenda-driven.
Reply to: by Psycros
Why the nation-state connection? Has it occurred to anyone that this malware is also attacking the most oil-rich regions? Money could easily be the prime motivator. Imagine having inside info about where the petroleum market is headed, because you’ve hacked all the Saudi and Iraqi systems. ANY malware writer would attempt to cover his tracks if he had the skill. Certainly the best hackers work for governments but that’s not proof enough to point the finger directly at Israel and the US, which is what the press seems determined to spin the Flame story into. They still haven’t provided one shred of evidence that Western powers had anything to do with Stuxnet! Of course its highly likely that Israeli intelligence was directly involved in its creation, but until we get some legitimate proof its all conjecture..and much of it agenda-driven.