South Korea intends to develop high-tech cyber-weapons, with the aim of challenge problems at North Korea's nuclear facilities.
According to a BBC report, which is cited by the Yonhap news agency, the ministry Defense of the country wants to develop and use weapons similar to the infamous Stuxnet, which was used against Iran's nuclear facilities.
According to Yonhap, the defense ministry presented its plan to the government on February 19. As the agency reports, this is the second phase of a strategy that began in 2010, and includes thetreatment of an online propaganda campaign, through posts on North Korean social networking services.
"Once the second stage plan is established, the cyberwar administration will conduct extensive cyberwar missions," a ministry official said.
As noted in the BBC report, the South Korean cyber warfare command, which is intended to use the weapons, has been accused of using psychological warfare techniques on the South Korean population in order to influence voters in the elections of 2012.
Regarding the use of cyberbullies for damage to nuclear facilities, Professor Alan Woodward, a cyber security expert, told the BBC that it is a very risky activity.
"I think it would be very dangerous. (The weapon) could cause damage to things that were not an objective, "he noted, pointing to the risk of spreading the malicious cybercrime code, and that this could result in the hacker or other armed forces of other countries, which could develop the corresponding means in turn.
