full-disclosure - Re: Obama Order Sped Up Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran

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Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2012 11:53:43 -0400
From: valdis.kletnieks@...edu
To: Georgi Guninski <guninski@...inski.com>
Cc: Full Disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Obama Order Sped Up Wave of Cyberattacks
	Against Iran

On Tue, 05 Jun 2012 17:01:49 +0300, Georgi Guninski said:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/01/stuxnet_joint_us_israeli_op/
> US officials confirm Stuxnet was a joint US-Israeli op
> Well, sure ... so why are you telling us, Mr President?

Posturing and positioning, mostly.  Before the announcement, foreign states had
to base their strategies on "The US *may* have the ability to create a Stuxnet,
but it's not certain they have any ability at all".  Now, they have to plan
based on "They certainly have Stuxnet-level ability, and almost certainly have
even more in their bag of tricks that they haven't admitted to".

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