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Cyber Attack
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:35 am
by kalm
Kind of interesting as the threat seems real but I also see the privacy concerns. It might really be time to start stocking up on supplies and ammo.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano warned on Thursday that a major cyber attack is a looming threat and could have the same sort of impact as last year's Superstorm Sandy, which knocked out electricity in a large swathe of the Northeast.
Napolitano said a "cyber 9/11" could happen "imminently" and that critical infrastructure - including water, electricity and gas - was very vulnerable to such a strike.
"We shouldn't wait until there is a 9/11 in the cyber world. There are things we can and should be doing right now that, if not prevent, would mitigate the extent of damage," said Napolitano, speaking at the Wilson Center think tank in Washington and referring to the September 11, 2001, attacks.
Napolitano runs the sprawling Homeland Security Department that was created 10 years ago in the aftermath of September 11 and charged with preventing another such event.
She urged Congress to pass legislation governing cyber security so the government could share information with the private sector to prevent an attack on infrastructure, much of which is privately owned.
A cyber security bill failed in Congress last year after business and privacy groups opposed it. The measure would have increased information-sharing between private companies and U.S. intelligence agencies and established voluntary standards for businesses that control power grids or water treatment plants.
Business groups said the legislation was government overreach. Privacy groups feared it might lead to Internet eavesdropping.
New cyber legislation is being considered, but it is unclear whether it will get through the gridlocked Congress.
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Re: Cyber Attack
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:30 am
by ASUG8
I think it was CID1990 that recommended it, but you should read "One Second After" by William R. Forstchen. Your story and this book make you realize that our dependence on technology could easily become our downfall.
Re: Cyber Attack
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:35 am
by kalm
ASUG8 wrote:I think it was CID1990 that recommended it, but you should read "One Second After" by William R. Forstchen. Your story and this book make you realize that our dependence on technology could easily become our downfall.
Yeah, I remember the thread about an EMP explosion. This seems even more plausible given the advancements in cyber war and the success of hackers.
Re: Cyber Attack
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:47 am
by psychoCAT
more scare tactics from the government to gain more and more control from the citizenry. Damn, when will people WKAE UP!!!
Re: Cyber Attack
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:55 am
by DSUrocks07
psychoCAT wrote:more scare tactics from the government to gain more and more control from the citizenry. Damn, when will people WKAE UP!!!
These events all does seem to be rather convenient.
Re: Cyber Attack
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 9:09 am
by ASUG8
DSUrocks07 wrote:psychoCAT wrote:more scare tactics from the government to gain more and more control from the citizenry. Damn, when will people WKAE UP!!!
These events all does seem to be rather convenient.
If they're advocating gun control, the threat of a loss of control of power grids, etc. certainly isn't the way to do it. Unless you own stock in a gun company
Re: Cyber Attack
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 9:48 am
by DSUrocks07
ASUG8 wrote:DSUrocks07 wrote:
These events all does seem to be rather convenient.
If they're advocating gun control, the threat of a loss of control of power grids, etc. certainly isn't the way to do it. Unless you own stock in a gun company
One step at a time, you know the Feds already have all their data and electronics locked down. Combined with the weapons and ammo stock up over the last year or so. Get people scared about the threat of guns, that the government is the only ones "responsible" enough to protect them. Then tell them that these "cyberterrorists" are after their data and that the government is the only ones "equipped" to handle it. All they have to do is give up their guns and give them access to all of their data.
"If you are not with us, you are with the terrorists" - George W. Bush
This is an obvious ruse to reignite the SOPA and PIPA debates.
Re: Cyber Attack
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 9:55 am
by Pwns
Why does it seem like lawless hackers have the upper hand over cyber security folks in government? Government usually recruits cyber defense folks from the ranks of computer criminals but they still seem one step ahead. What gives?
Re: Cyber Attack
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:02 am
by kalm
Pwns wrote:Why does it seem like lawless hackers have the upper hand over cyber security folks in government? Government usually recruits cyber defense folks from the ranks of computer criminals but they still seem one step ahead. What gives?
Government work renders even the most motivated and sophisticated fat and lazy.
(except for 93...I didn't mean that about 93)
Re: Cyber Attack
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:25 am
by Ivytalk
DSUrocks07 wrote:
This is an obvious ruse to reignite the SOPA and PIPA debates.
PIPA MIddleton? She's hot! Who's SOPA? Is she hot, too?
Re: Cyber Attack
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:28 am
by DSUrocks07
Ivytalk wrote:DSUrocks07 wrote:
This is an obvious ruse to reignite the SOPA and PIPA debates.
PIPA MIddleton? She's hot! Who's SOPA? Is she hot, too?
You've never had sopapilla? Good stuff!
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/sopapilla-cheesecake-pie/