UK-based security consultant Ralph Langner released a copy of a confidential letter addressed to a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Langner warns that malicious hackers will use the Stuxnet worm s code as a foundation for a generic malware platform to attack programmable logic controllers. The warning comes the same week as officials at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warned members of Congress about the threat posed by future variants of the worm. DHS officials warned that as the makeup of the malware becomes increasingly public; attackers could cultivate their own copycat variants.
Source: https://threatpost.com/dont-say-i-never-told-you-researcher-warned-congress-stuxnet-variants-10-months-ago-072911/75493/