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Originally Posted by bronx bomber
I don't get it. This virus has a very specific target and a date to self destruct. Why again is this the most menacing virus?
Its menacing because it opens a pandora's box. A computer virus designed to cause physical, real world damage to infrastructure? It was basically initially discovered through dumb luck and a team of guys who just randomly chose to devote all their time to figuring it out. If it hadn't been found in such a way who knows the amount of damage it might have caused.
It is also incredibly complex and sophisticated and hints at future cyberwarfare between states that have the resources to devote to something like this. As was said in the article, most viruses are simple, designed by relative amateurs, whereas this must have cost hundreds of thousands of dollars at a minimum and taken a lot of man hours to create.