US fears being bitten by own virus | Space, Military and Medicine | News.com.au: THE Obama administration is warning US businesses about an unusually potent computer virus that has infected Iran's oil industry, amid suspicions Washington is responsible for secretly creating and unleashing cyberweapons against foreign countries.
The US government's dual roles of alerting American companies about these threats and producing powerful software weapons and eavesdropping systems underscore the risks of an unintended online boomerang.
A cyberweapon that spreads across the internet may circle back accidentally to infect computers it was never supposed to target.
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