Just how the turn-counting fuse works is an even more closely guarded secret than the lethal radius though judging by the number of failed attempts to hack into computers that might be expected to hold information about it, many people would dearly like to know.

ECONOMIST: Military technology

They hack into our computers.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

The plan has sparked fears that the government is looking to increase police powers to hack into people's computers without a court warrant.

BBC: Police 'encouraged' to hack more

Wallington, a division chief in the Army's office of enterprise information systems, says the military is quietly working to integrate Macintosh computers into its systems to make them harder to hack.

FORBES: Magazine Article

On Wednesday, WikiLeaks released a series of video files obtained from UK-based Gamma that show how its products can be used to monitor Wifi networks from a hotel lobby, hack cell phones and PCs with fake software updates, or infect computers from a USB key to intercept Skype conversations, log encryption passwords and read private files.

FORBES: WikiLeaks Posts Spy Firm Videos Offering Tools For Hacking iTunes, Gmail, Skype