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The Future of Cyber-Security
Commentary Magazine ^ | 07/10/09 | Max Boot

Posted on 07/10/2009 8:38:27 AM PDT by Jbny

Are the latest cyber-attacks directed against South Korea and the United States — presumably from North Korea — a major threat, or not? The Wall Street Journal touted them as “among the broadest and longest-lasting assaults perpetrated on government and commercial Web sites in both countries.” The New York Times was more dismissive:

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cybersecurity; cyberterrorism; northkorea

1 posted on 07/10/2009 8:38:27 AM PDT by Jbny
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To: Jbny; rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...

2 posted on 07/10/2009 8:38:58 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Jbny

Propaganda that is what is going on to push for control over the internet!


3 posted on 07/10/2009 8:45:12 AM PDT by FromLori (FromLori)
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To: ShadowAce

http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/08/hackers-utilities-cybersecurity-technology-security-power-grid.html?partner=relatedstoriesbox

They want control plan and simple.


4 posted on 07/10/2009 8:47:55 AM PDT by FromLori (FromLori)
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To: Jbny
Why do we continue to use anything from Bill Gates ?

Get Root !


5 posted on 07/10/2009 8:53:30 AM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: Jbny; ShadowAce
The Future of Cyber-Security

The same as "medical privacy": Doesn't even pretend to protect you from the biggest threat (in fact explicitly legalizes it), and isn't very effective against the rest.

6 posted on 07/10/2009 8:54:30 AM PDT by Still Thinking (If ignorance is bliss, liberals must be ecstatic!)
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To: FromLori
The news media always overstates these attacks, remember back in April when on the 15th the computer world was suppose to crash due to whatever bug was going around? Did not happen.
Recently some of what were though to be cyber attacks, turned out to be a glitch in the McAfee program that was seeing certain system files as a virus and deleting them. (Another reason not to use McAfee or Symantec)
7 posted on 07/10/2009 9:00:22 AM PDT by Wooly
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To: Wooly

I know and I had an article where they said the info. was “leaked” by the government well hey now they want to control the internet and the electrical grid so fill people with fear and away they go.


8 posted on 07/10/2009 9:04:52 AM PDT by FromLori (FromLori)
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To: Jbny
I ain't worried...

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

Rough hombres like this guy will protect us...


9 posted on 07/10/2009 9:37:50 AM PDT by papasmurf (Save us from 0bama, I prayed. Then I heard, "the 2nd, I saved")
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