NetworkWorld: Stuxnet cyberattack by US a 'destabilizing and dangerous' course of action, security expert Bruce Schneier says

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Schneier calls Stuxnet 'mistake' for US, argues world needs to tackle cyber-arms control

By Ellen Messmer
June 18, 2012

Revelations by The New York Times that President Barack Obama in his role as commander in chief ordered the Stuxnet cyberattack against Iran's uranium-enrichment facility two years ago in cahoots with Israel is generating controversy, with Washington in an uproar over national-security leaks. But the important question is whether this covert action of sabotage against Iran, the first known major cyberattack authorized by a U.S. president, is the right course for the country to take. Are secret cyberattacks helping the U.S. solve geopolitical problems or actually making things worse?

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