Intelligence officials raise concerns about cyber warfare

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The US intelligence raising new concerns about cyber warfare and the successful attack on Iran's nuclear program involving the stocks and -- virus.

Means the same code used against the Iranians.

Could be reformulated and turned against the United States and its power grids.

Chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge live in Washington -- details on the software that Intel officials.

Are closely watching.

Well thank you -- good morning cyber investigators say duke who is a type of malicious software.

That acts like a reconnaissance team that goes out in advance to collect the intelligence.

That makes an attack like stocks -- possible and in new scientific review shows.

But the damage from stocks -- to Iran's nuclear program.

Was -- for worse than previously reported.

-- that was physically introduced -- -- times -- -- site either by a thumb drive or by an insider who was recruited for the mission.

This malicious software caused the centrifuges to -- erratically and at high speeds that shattered -- think -- it like a washing machine that is not loaded properly.

And according to the Institute for Science and International Security a Washington DC based think tank.

At least a thousand centrifuges were destroyed by stocks that in 2009.

And 2010.

-- -- -- -- -- You can seriously damage industrial facilities that have incredible amounts fiscal security around and you can get through that -- course damage so now everyone knows you can do it.

So I would expect much more now.

The du -- code which is what you're seeing here is complex significantly cyber investigators say it shares the same source code.

As stocks -- therefore they believe.

It was most likely made by the same person or the same entity and now investigators and California based -- say du -- Has been active in at least eight countries.

We -- is either gathering information about industrial control systems.

So that makes us worry that they're meeting new attacks and work stuff -- in future.

One of these control systems.

Is a lot like the central nervous system within a big manufacturing base or an electrical grid.

Or into a water treatment systems -- getting control of one of the systems can allow you.

Theoretically and now practically with what we've -- with stocks that shut it down.

Or damage it and so far no one has taken authorship for stocks net but now that it's out there and we know that its precursor is active.

The view is that we could see something in the very near future on that turned against the United States obviously.

And if possible and yet this concern cap -- -- thank you.

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