'Cyber war will mean end of world as we know it'

Questions raised during press conference at Tel Aviv University cyber warfare panel event concern 'Die Hard' style disasters.

By Oded Yaron | 02:48 07.06.12 |

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Eugene Kaspersky, the founder of the Russian Internet security firm that alerted the world to the Flame virus, ignited a fire of his own yesterday in Tel Aviv when he sketched out nightmare scenarios that cyberwarfare could cause.

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