A powerful new virus has been uncovered which has been sabotaging government systems for at least five years in the Middle East. The 'Flame' program is claimed to be at least 20 times more powerful than any previously known cyber warfare programs including the 'Stuxnet' virus and could only have been created by a state.
Flame was discovered by security company Kaspersky, which claims it has been mining Middle East government systems since at least 2010. Flame can gather data files, remotely change settings on computers, turn on computer microphones to record conversations, take screen shots and copy instant messaging chats.
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