The U.S. may have developed three new previously unknown computer viruses for use in espionage operations or cyber warfare, says American computer security firm Symantec in its report. A study shows that Washington is using computer technology to promote its interests in the Middle East. For one, the U.S. was behind the Stuxnet, a computer worm used to collect information about the Iranian nuclear programme in 2010, as well as the development of Flame, a tool for cyber monitoring. Symantec and Russia’s Kaspersky Lab linked Stuxnet to Flame saying that part of the Flame programme is nearly identical to code found in a 2009 version of Stuxnet. Source: Voice of Russia
