And in 2012, , the NYT article said "another cyberweapon called Flame was recently discovered to have attacked the computers of Iranian officials...American officials say that it was not part of Olympic Games. They have declined to say whether the United States was responsible for the Flame attack."

The Olympic Flame seems to have acquired an unintentional double-meaning. But among these half-revealed tales of cyberwarfare, who are the real bad guys? Security experts know that malware is in a constant of flux, and actions often provoke reactions--just ask Sony about their experience with Anonymous.

Perhaps the US president was prescient by repeatedly voicing his concern over the US government's actions. We can only hope that the technological expertise that created Stuxnet was also applied to hardening weak-points that may be attacked--now that the USA has lost the moral high-ground.

No word yet on whether the US presidential candidates plan to make "cyberwarfare" a campaign-issue. Perhaps this particular issue has become too hot for mere politicians to handle.