China's Plot to Brick the US Economy

NSA Information Assurance Director Debora Plunkett made a remarkable accusation on CBS 60 Minutes: the NSA had spotted and foiled a plot to unleash a supervirus capable of bricking computers. "The attack would have been disguised as a request for a software update," she told CBS. "If the user agreed, the virus would’ve infected the computer... Think about the impact of that across the entire globe. It could literally take down the U.S. economy."