[Cofer Black]… referenced last year’s Stuxnet computer worm, which some researchers think was designed to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities.
“I’m here to tell ya … the Stuxnet attack is the Rubicon of our future,” he said. “I don’t necessarily understand how this was executed, but the important points are (that) it was really expensive, so a nation-state had to be involved.”
Hacking, once see as “college pranks,” has moved “into physical destruction of a national resource,” he said. “This is huge.”
This has moved far beyond the college “prank” scenario, and it could conceivably involve the loss of human life if the wrong country is involved. It is no joking matter.