EU calls Stuxnet 'paradigm shift' as U.S. responds more mildly
While official U.S. response has been comparatively mild, the European Union's cybersecurity agency says Stuxnet represents a "paradigm shift" in critical infrastructure threats and that current defense philosophies need to be reconsidered.
In a statement released yesterday, Udo Helmbrecht, the executive director of ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency), said that as a "new class and dimension of malware," Stuxnet represents a "paradigm shift."
"The attackers have invested a substantial amount of time and money to build such a complex attack tool," he said. "The fact that perpetrators … Read more