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I don't buy that for a minute. There are so many amazing developers out there who could absolutely do this independently.

• Z1nfandel 10y ago
  Capable of writing the code, yes I agree there are others out there more than capable. But part of what makes stuxnet and others of its kind limited to Govt. sponsored is the amount of funding required to do the research to write the code. Very few malware developers are going to go purchase a Siemens nuclear refining centrifuge (plus controlling equipment) so they may reverse engineer it and figure out how to break it. Someone had to buy one, then realize if you stop it suddenly enough times it will break.
  • shimon_e 10y ago
    What kind of features are included in government sponsored spyware vs the regular kind?
    • tpinckard 10y ago
      One or more Zero-Day exploits