Elektronische Kriegsführung und Cyberwarfare

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U.S. officials, meanwhile, blame Iranian hackers with government ties for the so-called Shamoon virus that destroyed data on 30,000 computers belonging to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. in August. Defense officials said a Qatari natural-gas company called Rasgas also was attacked in August. The incidents show how cyberattacks have escalated in speed and scale during the past few months.
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"All told, the Shamoon virus was probably the most destructive attack that the private sector has seen to date,"
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said in an Oct. 11 speech at a Business Executives for National Security dinner.
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The U.S. government's purported link to Stuxnet makes American companies an even bigger target, said Mr. Paller. Hackers last summer went from stealing information to using cyberattacks to cause destruction, he said. Stuxnet "opened Pandora's box," he added. "Whatever restraint might have been holding damaging attacks back is gone."
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