In 2010 it was reported that a computer virus had surreptitiously attacked Iran's nuclear facilities and it was of USA & Israel making.
In the 1990's when the Internet was a mere child and wasn't owned by Google / Facebook / Twitter & Youtube this would have been the headline in a Sci-Fi novel.
Today the biggest cyber attack in history was launched against a group called Spamhaus.. and this is where everyone turns off and searches for pictures of funny cats or triangle shaped flapjacks.
Its is interesting to note the inherent flaw with the Internet, everyone has an address, everything is traceable, even hackers, even the darknet has a digital footprint.
Its all well and good as long as these geeks wage war against each other but it becomes scary when the very same geeks are employed by the US, Russia, China, North Korea or Israel.
Where to then, in this safe cyber world of information?
If email systems can be stopped (and lets hope Hotmail & GMail have good fire walls) then all hell will break lose.
An old friend of mine who unfortunately will have to remain nameless and went 'under cover' permanently always told me to never leave a trace of who you are. A warning I didn't heed when I set up this blog.
Also today Dave (not Ed) Millipede leaves politics, Abu Qatada stays in North London much to the irritant of everyone and Cyprus floats ever nearer to the abyss
I need a holiday, Baxter and I will be hitting the Austrian Alps next week. Long may it snow.
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