Was flame virus written by gamers? Code similar to apps such as Angry Birds

Cyber experts refute claims that code is spy tool Same ‘simplistic’ language used in video games Suggestion that virus could have come from Israel Spyware is too big to be stealth tool say some experts By Phil Vinter PUBLISHED: 10:11 EST, 31 May 2012 | UPDATED: 11:04 EST, 31 May 2012 There is confusion over who developed a new computer super-virus after some programmers today reportedly said the coding was the same relatively simple language as found in video games like Angry Birds. The suggestion contradicts theories put forward by other experts who only yesterday said the virus, known as The Flame, was so sophisticated it had to have been developed by some of the world’s top brains at the U.S.’s National Security Agency. To guard against the virus the United Nations is issuing its ‘most serious warning’, but now some say element of the virus – known as malware – are baffling Continue reading