The defense ministry of South Korea has announced its plans
to develop cyber weapons that will be able to intercept and damage North Korea’s
nuclear facilities. It is the government’s intention to create these cyber
weapons in the style of Stuxnet, the software that was designed to attack
Iranian nuclear enrichment plants. Although negotiations to try and rein in North
Korea’s nuclear weapons continue even now, many critics say that these plans
will undoubtedly increase tensions between the two neighboring countries. The
plans are actually part of a long-term operation, which started in 2010. According
to Yonhap News Agency, the first phase was a series of online propaganda that
was posted all over North Korean social networking and social media sites. The
second phase is meant to create weapons that can engage North Korea through
cyber warfare. Critics are saying that not only could these weapons be very
dangerous beyond their intended targets, software like Stuxnet “does not
respect national boundaries.” In other words, once the codes for these weapons
are released, anyone around the globe will be able to potentially have access
to it and may use it for other targets.
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By: Lauren Marie De Guzman
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