What I find interesting about the synopsis provided in this article was what was left out, "...other trends suggest that terrorist use of advanced cyber weapons (if current trends remain unchanged) is inevitable."  Also, while the synopsis does identify the lag time of 3 to 8 years between advanced intelligence agency development and availability on the black market, it doesn't indicate when the sought after technologies were developed. By this, one might assume that the clock has already been ticking for multiple years on some technologies that could be highly damaging. I do however agree with some of the earlier posters that if the terrorists had the capability, they would use it. How long until they do have the capability though?