posted on May, 26 2005 @ 03:09 PM
from source
“Livewire,” an earlier cyberterrorism exercise for the Homeland Security Department and other federal agencies, concluded there were serious
questions about government’s role during a cyberattack, depending on who was identified as the culprit — terrorists, a foreign government or bored
teenagers.
Questions about government's role? What, like, "our whatever important computers are being attacked. We traced the IP to China. Should we nuke
China?"
This whole "cyberattack" thing is totally bogus. Maintain secure systems as well as you can, but if they you are compromised, pick up the pieces,
prosecute, and move along. It doesn't matter who did it, because whoEVER did it, you will be calling their government and having them arrested. If
they don't have a legitimate government, then chances are they don't have Internet access either.
What's with this problem-reaction-solution standard we've got now?
No "cyberattack" is going to "bring down" America or whatever. Attacks happen EVERY DAY of the week and none of them are severe enough to cause
any changes in daily lives for most people.
These articles are likening "cyberattacks" to the events of 9/11. What the--? Come on! Cyberattacks that would cause 3000 deaths and change city
skylines and the very future of the people of the country?
People who don't understand computers ("Y2K") needn't write articles about them.
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