A Q&A From The Man Who Discovered The Stuxnet Virus On Future Threatsabout the potential threats

German industrial control systems expert, Ralph Langner, poses for a portrait in Boston on Tuesday. Ann Hermes/Staff

From The Man Who Discovered Stuxnet, Dire Warnings One Year Later -- Christian Science Monitor

Stuxnet, the cyberweapon that attacked and damaged an Iranian nuclear facility, has opened a Pandora's box of cyberwar, says the man who uncovered it. A Q&A about the potential threats.

One year ago a malicious software program called Stuxnet exploded onto the world stage as the first publicly confirmed cyber superweapon – a digital guided missile that could emerge from cyber space to destroy a physical target in the real world.

It took Ralph Langner about a month to figure that out.

While Symantec, the big antivirus company, and other experts pored over Stuxnet's inner workings, it was Mr. Langner, a industrial control systems security expert in Hamburg, who deciphered and tested pieces of Stuxnet's "payload" code in his lab and declared it a military-grade cyberweapon aimed at Iran's nuclear facilities.

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My Comment: A sobering look at what is coming down the pipeline in regards to future computer viruses and their impact on our computer networks.