"So we know that once the information is out in the wild, people are taking it and they're modifying it," he said.
In other words, what started as an Israeli cyber attack on nuclear installations in Iran could end up crashing the US powergrid or causing havoc anywhere else on the globe.
Even before Stuxnet loomed over the horizon, serious warnings were being issued about the United States' vulnerability to a crippling cyber attack, yet thus far none of those raising the alarm have pointed to the ways in which Israel's cyber warfare capabilities may now indirectly or directly threaten the United States and its interests.
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Late last year, 60 Minutes reported on America's vulnerability to a major cyber attack. See here and here.
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