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Sunday, April 1, 2012

The boomerang effect: Could American cyberweapon be turned against us?

War games movie screenshot

The 1983 movie "Wargames" depicted a dystopian vision of a computer-controlled armageddon. Today, cyberwar is very much a reality. (United Artists)

Viruses like Stuxnet and Duqu are the atom bombs of cyberwarfare, experts say, a key tool in U.S. and foreign military arsenals. But some worry that this new generation of digital weapons could be co-opted by enemy forces -- and used against their creators.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/03/31/boomerang-effect-could-americas-best-cyberweapon-be-turned-back-upon-us/

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