Stuxnet and Cyber-Warfare (2/2)

<!--HTML--><p>The first part of the lecture is devoted to the description of the Stuxnet worm, the first cyber-weapon whose existence has been made public, discovered in 2010 and targeting a specific industrial control system; the worm is responsible for the damaging of many centrifuges at an uranium enrichment facility, with the goal of sabotaging Iran&#39;s nuclear program. In the second part, the main features of cyber-warfare in conflict and pre-conflict activities will be discussed and compared to the conventional warfare domains, with also a general view at the international political debate on this topic.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Check the<a href="http://http://pugwash.org"> http://pugwash.org</a> web site, an organisation that seeks a world free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction.</p> <p>The lecturer invites comments via email to Gian.Piero.Siroli@cern.ch</p> <p>NB! All Academic Training lectures are recorded and are publicly available. There is no live webcast.</p>