Confirmed: US and Israel created Stuxnet, lost control of it

Don't want these emails? Unsubscribe here. Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Top stories: Jun 01 - Jun 08 Law & Disorder Confirmed: US and Israel created Stuxnet, lost control of it by Nate Anderson In 2011, the US government rolled out its "International Strategy for Cyberspace," which reminded us that "interconnected networks link nations more closely, so an attack on one nation's networks may have impact far beyond its borders." An in-depth report today from the New York Times confirms the truth of that statement as it finally lays bare the history and development of the Stuxnet virus—and how it accidentally escaped from the Iranian nuclear facility that was its target. Read More Features Solid-state revolution: in-depth on how SSDs really work by Lee Hutchinson Way back in 1997, when dinosaurs roamed the earth and I was working part-time at the local Babbage's for $4.25 an hour, I scraped together enough spare change to purchase a 3Dfx Voodoo-based Diamond Monster 3D video card. The era of 3D acceleration was in its infancy and the Voodoo chipset was the chipset to beat. It all seems a bit silly now, but when I slapped that sucker into my aging Pentium 90 and fired up the new card's pack-in version of MechWarrior 2—which had texture-mapping and visual effects that the original 2D version lacked—my jaw hit the floor. I couldn't wait to speed-dial my buddy Matt and tell him that his much-faster Pentium 166 no longer brought all the polygons to the yard. Read More Risk Assessment Crypto breakthrough shows Flame was designed by world-class scientists by Dan Goodin The Flame espionage malware that infected computers in Iran achieved mathematic breakthroughs that could only have been accomplished by world-class cryptographers, two of the world's foremost cryptography experts said. Read More Forward this message to a friend More hot stories New DoS tool lets a single PC bring down an Apache server No-cost Windows 8 desktop development returns with Express for Desktop Faster-than-light neutrino findings really, thoroughly dead Apple to pay $2 million for misleading Aussies over 4G iPad Gorgeous Unreal Engine 4 brings direct programming, indirect lighting What should the long-awaited Mac Pro update look like? Liveblog: WWDC 2012 keynote at 10am PDT on June 11 Lawmakers want FCC to bail out LightSquared with military spectrum Can Internet's openness ultimately overcome today's "cold peace"? Porn, gambling, and malware: Bitcoin as the 'Net's Wild West Email Admin Center This newsletter is a service of Ars Technica. Should you no longer wish to receive these messages, unsubscribe. To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images to load in future mailings, please add civis@arstechnica.com to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. You are receiving this email at narrongs.hotmobile@blogger.com. Condé Nast Digital 1166 Avenue of the Americas, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10036, attn: Ars Technica Email Coordinator To view our Privacy Policy click here.