ValleZ has released a digital epidemic—or maybe he's delivered an early inoculation. ValleZ is the online handle of a 24-year-old computer programmer from Spain who, last June, wrote the first malicious program targeting cellular phones, the Cabir worm. Now, security experts fear that the rush to integrate cell phones into every aspect of our daily lives might make them the perfect carriers for digital diseases. Bruce Schneier, founder and chief technology officer of Counterpane Internet Security in Mountain View, CA, assesses the threat bluntly: "We're screwed," he says.
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机译：ValleZ已发布了一种数字流行病，或者也许他已经进行了早期接种。 ValleZ是来自西班牙的24岁计算机程序员的在线工具，去年6月，他编写了第一个针对手机的恶意程序Cabir蠕虫。现在，安全专家担心，急于将手机集成到我们日常生活的各个方面，可能会使它们成为数字疾病的理想载体。加利福尼亚山景城Counterpane Internet Security的创始人兼首席技术官布鲁斯·施耐尔（Bruce Schneier）直言不讳地评估了这一威胁：“我们被搞砸了，”他说。
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