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Originally posted by LucidDreamer85
Does Stuxnet remind anyone of anything else ?
Skynet perhaps ?
IT's going to eventually get to the point where it is uncontrollable and all the worlds hackers will be hired to try and stop it.
If this is the worlds first cyber weapon then maybe this is the beginning of the end of an era and the birth of a new era in humanity.....subtle at first but lets see what this thing does.
Remember, it was meant for Iran but " some how made it's way into Chinese computers. " ?????
What ? That means it could spread anywhere since it's all connected anyways....
Israel demonstrated its intent to conquer cyber warfare in the 1990s by presenting the country's legions of hackers with a choice between prison and working for the state.
Thousands are said to have signed up since then and have been incorporated into the defence forces Unit 8200.
In the intelligence community it is regarded as a singularly Israeli act of bravura that has given the country an edge in a world that has been rapidly immersed in cross border technology attacks.
Hackers, who invariably learn their skills engaging in illegal activity as teenagers, offer key advantages to countries seeking to defend against cyber warfare, or go on the offensive against an enemy.
The Negev desert based Unit 8200 has evolved from the signal intelligence arm of the Israeli military into a respected leader in high technology warfare. One American consultancy rated Unit 8200 as the sixth biggest initiator of cyber attacks on the plants.
It is a rapidly growing field. The Russians and Chinese have been implicated in thousands of attacks on foreign targets every year. The West is scrambling to bolster its capabilities.
The US has set up Cyber Command to coordinate its ability to withstand an attack. Britain has Cyber Security Operations based at GCHQ, as well as Ministry of Defence and Cabinet Office units to guard the national infrastructure.
The level of attacks isn't published but officials describe the risk as grave and growing.
Originally posted by Ben81
Saddam shacking hand with Rumsfled ... that doesnt mean WW3 is tomorrow
both of them have a certain part .. they have contributed in a way to create WW3
i think Saddam was fooled by the Americans
he was a bad ass dictator yes .. but at least he didnt killed a hundred thousand of people with airstrikes
Originally posted by Ben81
... can anyone connect all the dots and tell me what are the real chance (%)
that a WW3 might actually happen in October or November ...
Originally posted by Ben81
... can anyone connect all the dots and tell me what are the real chance (%)
that a WW3 might actually happen in October or November ...
Originally posted by Snarf
reply to post by Ben81
so will you come back to ATS and post an "I was wrong" message if November rolls around and all is still well with the world?
Or, like so many other "visionaries" will you disappear into obscurity as though you had never made any predictions?
Iran is increasingly under siege. From cyber-attacks on its nuclear infrastructure to biting economic and financial sanctions, to overt support for (armed) opposition groups, to a military build-up of neighbors, it appears that outside powers are making a concerted effort at regime change in the Islamic Republic.
Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. State Department is expected to issue a travel alert to Americans in Europe in light of recent terror threat information, U.S. officials said Saturday.
The alert could be issued as early as Sunday morning, according to one senior official.
The alert is expected to urge American citizens in Europe to be vigilant, especially when in public places such as public transportation, airports, and tourist sites, officials said.
It is not expected to warn Americans against travel to Europe, officials said.
One senior U.S. official said that in addition to the travel alert from the State Department, "U.S. military installations are taking prudent precautions. This is a serious situation."
A separate U.S. official said the alert is being prompted by the volume of intelligence on possible terror threats, rather than new intelligence.
It emerged last week that U.S. intelligence officials were looking at information about a possible "Mumbai-style" attack in cities across Europe.
A United Kingdom security source said Saturday that it's not believed the expected U.S. alert is a result of new intelligence received in the last few days.
But the source added that the intelligence related to the possible Mumbai-style attack was being looked at very seriously on both sides of the Atlantic.
The security source said there are no plans to raise the terror threat level in the United Kingdom from severe to critical.
A severe threat level means an attack is considered highly likely; critical means an attack is expected imminently.
A possible backlash from the French burqa ban is considered a factor in the expected warning, the security source said. The French Senate recently approved a law banning veils that cover the face, including the burqa, worn by some Muslim women.
Mumbai, the financial hub of India, was the site of a three-day terror attack two years ago that left more than 160 people dead.
Ten men launched the carefully planned assault, targeting prominent sites such as the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower hotel, the Oberoi-Trident hotels, the historic Victoria Terminus train station and a Jewish cultural center.
A U.S. law enforcement official told CNN Saturday that an advisory will likely be sent to law enforcement agencies around the United States after the travel alert is issued, "just to keep them in the loop."
But the official added that current intelligence is about Europe rather than a threat in the United States.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday called for U.S. leaders to be buried in response to threats of military attack over Tehran's nuclear program.
"May the undertaker bury you, your table and your body, which has soiled the world," he said using language in Iran reserved for hated enemies.
Several top U.S. officials including Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff have said in recent months that the military option remains on the table and there is a plan to attack Iran, although a military strike has been described as a bad idea.
The crowd of military men and clerics in the town of Hashtgerd just west of the capital chuckled at the president's insult and applauded.
The speech was broadcast by both state television and the official English-language Press TV, but the latter glossed over the insult in the simultaneous translation.
Ahmadinejad's remarks come in sharp contrast to ones he made to Al-Jazeera Arabic news channel in August in which he offered the U.S. Iran's friendship.
In Sunday's speech, the hard-line president again questioned who was behind the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 in the U.S. and said they gave Washington a pretext for seeking to dominate the region and plunder its oil wealth.
He said there were still "100 questions unanswered" about the attacks. "The U.S. must answer them. If they really presented reliable documents, we would even help them to arrest the elements behind the attack," he said.
"We cannot allow the September 11 incident to be used as a pretext to attack this region and shed the blood of innocent people, therefore all dimensions of the incident should be clarified," Ahmadinejad said.
Referring to the Holocaust, Ahmadinejad said Sunday that "based on a faked and false pretext, they have put a wild dog (Israel) in the region to loot the nations."
The Iranian leader recently returned from a visit to the U.S. to attend the United Nations General Assembly.
While in New York, he said most of the world's people believe the U.S. was behind September 11 attacks, drawing a strong rebuke from U.S. President Barack Obama.
2010 6 11:54pm +1 Worldwide cooperation to reduce nuclear arsenals and limit effect of climate change.
Iran President intends to hurl stones at Israeli soldiers from Lebanese border, London-based newspaper reports.
Israel is stepping up preparations for the visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Lebanon next week, during which he is scheduled to visit the country's border area with Israel.
Through United Nations, U.S. and French mediators, Israel has urged the Lebanese government to prevent Ahmadinejad from visiting the border and engaging in what Jerusalem described as "provocation."
The Iranian leader will visit Lebanon next Wednesday and Thursday, and is slated to visit the southern Lebanese villages of Bint Jbeil and Maroun al-Ras, each within a few kilometers of Israeli soil. The London-based newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi has reported that Ahmadinejad is interested in reaching the border fence to hurl stones at Israeli soldiers on the other side.
A top-ranking Israeli official said the Foreign Ministry and security services are conducting security evaluations of Ahmadinejad's visit, and that Israel is engaged in military, diplomatic and public-relations preparations in the days preceding it.
Over the past week, Israel has sent messages to Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri and President Michel Suleiman through UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the U.S. and French governments. Last week, National Security Council head Uzi Arad met in Paris with his French counterpart Jean-David Levitte and asked him to transfer messages to the Lebanese government stating that Jerusalem views Ahmadinejad's visit close to Israel's border as a provocative measure that could undermine regional stability and should therefore be canceled. A similar message was delivered to U.S. officials.
Last week Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman raised the issue in his meeting with Ban at UN Headquarters in New York. Lieberman said his government is "extremely worried" about the Iranian president's visit.
Sources in Jerusalem added that even before Israel asked Lebanon to reconsider Ahmadinejad's stop in the country's south, senior U.S. and French officials had already done the same independently. American officials reportedly did so immediately following the Iranian president's speech at the UN General Assembly last month blaming the U.S. government for the September 11 attacks.
AFP - Afghan police said Wednesday they had seized 22 tons of explosives stashed in boxes marked "food, toys and kitchenware" that were imported from neighboring Iran.
The discovery was made Tuesday in a customs office in the western province of Nimroz on the Iranian border, deputy provincial police chief Mohammad Musa Rasouli said.
"We found these materials hidden in a 40 foot shipping container that had come from Iran. The explosives were disguised as merchandise like food, toys and kitchenware," he added.
Bombs made from old ammunitions and explosives are the main weapon used by the Taliban and other insurgents fighting against the Western-backed Afghan government and Western troops, and cause the bulk of military casualties.
Foreign military commanders and some Afghan officials have accused Iran of providing weapons to the Taliban, the chief group leading the insurgency since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion ousted its regime from power.
Tehran, a long-running U.S. foe, denies the charges and senior Afghan administration officials say they have no evidence against Iran.
The U.S. and NATO have more than 150,000 troops in Afghanistan to fight the Taliban and keep President Hamid Karzai's administration in power.
A Pakistani-American warned Americans "the war with the Muslims has just begun," as he was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison for a botched attempt to bomb New York's famed Times Square.
"The defeat of the US is imminent and will happen in the near future," Faisal Shahzad told the court shortly before his sentence was announced.
"Brace yourselves because the war with the Muslims has just begun," he said.
im in a complete lack of shock ...