Companies in Europe are being attacked by a very powerful computer worm called Duqu! This worm has very similar characteristics with the virus used to attack Iran’s nuclear program, also known as Stuxnet. Experts believe this worm has been constructed by the same people who made the virus used to attack Iran’s programming. It is believed that U.S and Israel are the one’s responsible for the Stuxnet virus. Duqu was discovered by Symantec, a leading cyber-security firm. Symantec says the information gathered from Duqu is sent to India but has no indication of who actually created the visus. The names of the Companies that have been attacked were not revealed. Duqu removes itself from the companies systems after 36 days. Symantec believes Duqu is only the first of many and there will be more powerful aggressive virus in upcoming months. Symantec fears that the new string of viruses will become main-stream.
This can become a severe problem. If theorists are correct and the U.S has a part in this virus and the European Government finds out it could maybe cause a war, or actually make them decide to create their own viruses and try to corrupt our companies. Even if the U.S does not have a part in the virus this can still spread into a large problem. It starts with companies in Europe, but does it stop there? Any other country could be next, and once the virus grows there is no telling what the creators are searching for, or what they will do with the information that they find.
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