Stuxnet documetary on iPlayer. Anyone seen it?

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Terrific documentary and makes you realise that there is more than tanks and nuclear warheads to worry about. I knew a bit about Stuxnet before I watched it but it was pretty mind-blowing. Modern life can so easily descend into chaos courtesy of a bit of sophisticated computer programming - and, dare I say it, the genie is well and truly out of the bottle.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...cyber-sabotage

[Vimana.]

Ta, I missed that, I'll watch it later.

Taunton Genie talking about Genies as if they are bad thing is a bit too miiind blooowing for me ;)

[Kris]

I watched it off the back of your recommendation. Interesting stuff indeed, although it would have been beneficial if it was mentioned earlier that the "digital" actress was voicing the opinion of more than one person.

I didn't appreciate that bringing down a power grid would take a long time to resolve. I honestly thought that a power grid would be back up and functioning in a few days, with 100% capacity being reached inside a week.

WW3, if it ever happens, will see battles on fields that many people have not contemplated. Along with the cyber wars, expect satellite wars too. The internet would be one of the first things to go, primarily to make lines of communication more difficult, but also to prevent cyber wars causing more damage. Indeed, there are reports that the Americans attempted to deploy Stuxnet in North Korea but found it impossible because of North Korea's internet policy.

The thought, though, that many of the weapons are already in place on the "enemy" computer networks is surely sobering for Governments worldwide.

The fact that many civilians will be compromised with the stacks of data being held about them should be fascinating if ever a president or prime minister declared Martial Law. They could purge whomever they felt would hinder any war efforts.

[Mrs Steve R]

I watched it off the back of your recommendation. Interesting stuff indeed, although it would have been beneficial if it was mentioned earlier that the "digital" actress was voicing the opinion of more than one person.

I didn't appreciate that bringing down a power grid would take a long time to resolve. I honestly thought that a power grid would be back up and functioning in a few days, with 100% capacity being reached inside a week.

WW3, if it ever happens, will see battles on fields that many people have not contemplated. Along with the cyber wars, expect satellite wars too. The internet would be one of the first things to go, primarily to make lines of communication more difficult, but also to prevent cyber wars causing more damage. Indeed, there are reports that the Americans attempted to deploy Stuxnet in North Korea but found it impossible because of North Korea's internet policy.

The thought, though, that many of the weapons are already in place on the "enemy" computer networks is surely sobering for Governments worldwide.

The fact that many civilians will be compromised with the stacks of data being held about them should be fascinating if ever a president or prime minister declared Martial Law. They could purge whomever they felt would hinder any war efforts.

That sort of worries me more than being nuked

[Kris]

That sort of worries me more than being nuked

Actually me too. In the event of war, the first thing we'd lose are satellite communications and the internet. That would affect the population more than being blitzed. If the power grid was taken out, we would lose water filtration. The emergency services would fail to function. Martial Law would have to be declared within hours.

[Wales-Bales]

Actually me too. In the event of war, the first thing we'd lose are satellite communications and the internet. That would affect the population more than being blitzed. If the power grid was taken out, we would lose water filtration. The emergency services would fail to function. Martial Law would have to be declared within hours.

You don't have any water filtration equipment at home? That is quite surprising given your level of concern.

[Kris]

You don't have any water filtration equipment at home? That is quite surprising given your level of concern.

I'm struggling to find a place to store it, what with all the tin foil an' all.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Actually me too. In the event of war, the first thing we'd lose are satellite communications and the internet. That would affect the population more than being blitzed. If the power grid was taken out, we would lose water filtration. The emergency services would fail to function. Martial Law would have to be declared within hours.

War need not be involved. A malevolent entity such as Isis or North Korea could cause havoc without firing a shot.

[Wales-Bales]

War need not be involved. A malevolent entity such as Isis or North Korea could cause havoc without firing a shot.

If the grid does go dark, can we all meet down at the CCS to continue our chit-chat?