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"The Most Devastating Cyberattack in History" Hmmm. Poor wording. "The most financially devastating computer virus in history" sounds better.

• peterlk 8y ago
  Which cyberattacks would you say were more devastating?
  • rdl 8y ago
    Stuxnet by 1000x. Stuxnet basically averted WW3.
    • nikk1 8y ago
      Did it though? Although Stuxnet appears to be designed to destroy centrifuges at the Natanz facility, destruction was by no means total. Moreover, Stuxnet did not lower the production of low-enriched uranium (LEU) during 2010. LEU quantities could have certainly been greater, and Stuxnet could be an important part of the reason why they did not increase significantly. Nonetheless, there remain important questions about why Stuxnet destroyed only 1,000 centrifuges. One observation is that it may be harder to destroy centrifuges by use of cyber attacks than often believed. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet#Natanz_nuclear_facilities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet#Natanz_nuclear_facilit...