Interesting article and good reason to remain prepared

[UnklFungus]

Kind of an STFU situation, but a couple of good reasons to stay prepared or get prepared. Couple of related articles actually.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7990997.stm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11388018 There is one constant, viruses rarely remain contained.

[DefensiveCarry.com]

[EB31]

Technology crashing or being wiped out (computer viruses) doesn't scare me. We could survive. Actual viruses is what gets the hair on the back of my neck standing up. Chemical/biological warfare is the area I'm trained in. Some sort of outbreak is one of my worst fears.

[SpringerXD]

Kind of an STFU situation,

Are you sure you don't mean SHTF...?

[DaveH]

CNN weighs in

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/09/...Top+Stories%29

A piece of highly sophisticated malicious software that has infected an unknown number of power plants, pipelines and factories over the past year is the first program designed to cause serious damage in the physical world, security experts are warning.
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[Brass63]

There are lots of ways the 'wheels could come off our buggy'. This is certainly one of them.
Stay prepared.

[UnklFungus]

Are you sure you don't mean SHTF...?

Uhh, yeah! ***Hides***
:)

[DaveH]

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2...ion-ar-526269/

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A powerful computer code attacking industrial facilities around the world, but mainly in Iran, probably was created by experts working for a country or a well-funded private group, according to an analysis by a leading computer security company.
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