Reference no: EM132165188
Question: This homework examines the Stuxnet virus in the context of today's geopolitical realities. As a backgrounder, you may want to visit this video: Dissecting Stuxnet (By Stanford). Then, view the short (5 minute) "60 Minutes" investigates cyber-warfare (By CBS News) video interview regarding this historic act of espionage. Submit a paper - no more than two pages, addressing the following questions.
1. Why is the Stuxnet event considered to be historic?
2. What is a danger that the creators of Stuxnet have created for other industrial countries, including the United States? What is the greatest fear created by Stuxnet?
3. Why are people (agents) needed "on the ground" in order for the Stuxnet virus to work?
4. Why did Iran, and American commentators, not consider Stuxnet an act of war?
Submission format:
1. Two pages MAX, single spaced, 12 Point Times Roman font, 1 inch margins
2. Your document must use headers to guide the reader