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Do people still think this was created by the NSA? It seems extraordinarily unlikely that they would use such a weak password, one that you would expect to fall to a rules based engine. The only way I could even imagine that happening is as a bit of misdirection, and there must surely be misdirection you can do that doesn't compromise your security.



It was reported in the nytimes that this is indeed a cyberweapons [1].

[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/01/world/middleeast/obama-ord...


That article doesn't seem to say that. It's suspected but the US has denied it.

Who the heck lives at 900 Gage Road, though?


Title: Obama Order Sped Up Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran [1]

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[1] There's no doubt that the US has developed cyberweapons, cyberweapons have been used under Obama, or that flame is one of such a class of weapons. The attribution of flame is sort of a moot point re: "It was reported in the nytimes that this is indeed a cyberweapons". Viz:

"Mr. Obama decided that the cyberattacks should proceed..." "The United States government...acknowledged developing cyberweapons"...and now "another cyberweapon called Flame that was recently discovered to have attacked" etc. per NYT.




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