Regardless of whether copies of Stuxnet or variants of it can be used successfully in the future by "any dumb hacker", Pandora's box has been open, the code and

Regardless of whether copies of Stuxnet or variants of it can be used successfully in the future by "any dumb hacker", Pandora's box has been open, the code and concepts are out there, and it only takes one (dumb hacker(s) - competent or not). The threat is real! even if some believe the author might be "drumming up biz" or there is an 'overdramatization of cyberweapons/cyberwarfare. What gets me is the following: Regardless of Stuxnet in this article or any other past article that has discussed network security, what rings true here and will continue in the foreseeable future is this - "Most engineers are aware of the problem, it's just that they don't get the budget to fix the problem. The risk is just discounted. As long as management doesn't see an immediate threat, there is a tendency to ignore it because it costs money to fix." So, even if there was a holy grail of a security measure, I fear that it will have to take real cyberterrorist attack of some sort to really implement it. There is a measure of complacency by government and businesses regardless of whether copies of Stuxnet is out there or not.