“We have entered into a new phase of conflict in which we use a cyberweapon to create physical destruction, and in this case, physical destruction in someone else’s critical infrastructure. This was a good idea, alright? But I also admit this was a really big idea too. The rest of the world is looking at this and saying, ‘Clearly someone has legitimated this kind of activity as acceptable international conduct.’ The whole world is watching.”
Ret. Gen. Mike Hayden, former head of the National Security Agency and former CIA director