FC: Russia's Zhirinovsky wants to "bring West to its knees" with virus

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30295-2000May8.html

The Washington Post
Compiled by Patricia E. Gaston
Tuesday, May 9, 2000 ; A21

Russian Touts Computer Virus as Weapon

MOSCOW--Ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky has suggested that the 
computer virus could be a useful tool for Russian foreign policy.

"The era of detective stories and James Bond has long been over," 
Zhirinovsky said, according to a weekend report in the newspaper 
Kommersant. "Now there is a different era--the era of computers and the 
Internet. And we can bring the entire West to its knees with our Russian 
computer specialists. Let us put viruses into their secret programs like we 
did recently, and they will not be able to do anything."

"It is time to put an end to the news focusing on Chechnya," he added. "It 
must be closed down as a combat spot, and we must track computer viruses 
more. Thanks to us, the West will soon suffer enormous losses."

(David Hoffman)

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