Alex Gibney on Stuxnet film Zero Days: 'We need laws for cyberweapons'
by Jordan Hoffman from Technology | The Guardian on (#1KPXH)
His latest documentary lays bare the story of the Stuxnet worm, a groundbreaking virus jointly created by the US and Israel. Here the acclaimed film-maker discusses the pervasive threat posed by this new age of warfare
"How paranoid were you before you made this movie and how paranoid are you now?" That question was perhaps the only moment of levity during a conversation with documentarian Alex Gibney after the credits rolled on Zero Days, a terrifying account of the cyberwar that is already raging on thumb drives and mainframes from Washington to Tel Aviv to Isfahan Province in Iran and anywhere else that can connect to the internet.
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