American technology researcher John Bumgarner, a retired US Army special-operations veteran and former intelligence officer says mysterious Conficker was 'door kicker' for Stuxnet, challenging common belief that computer virus was built by Eastern European criminal gang for financial fraud purposes.| If Mr Bumgarner (an unfortunate name, but he appears to have overcome it) is to be believed, potential targets sit unknowingly around the world, awaiting receipt of another trigger from those who released Conficker, Stuxnet, and Duqu. Life could yet become very interesting indeed, for those who have attracted the attention of the coding group. More details at the link. |