Posted on 11/16/2012 2:53:23 PM PST by jwsea55
The U.S. is at war, a cyber war. And businesses and government are at risk, said Eric Rosenbach, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy in an interview with CNBC.
"I read my intel brief every morning at 5:30 a.m. and it's never a very good news story at all," Rosenbach said. "There are a lot more attacks, and I hate to admit it but I fear that there will be some type of spectacular attack against the United States or one of our allies before there is comprehensive legislation and real appreciation to take this seriously."
Just one month ago, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta made headlines when he warned that the U.S. is in a "pre-9/11 moment" or a "Pearl Harbor" scenario, referring to a potential chain of cyberattacks against the country.
Rosenbach, Panetta's right-hand man on cyber-security, echoed that chilling warning â"€ to prepare for a digital 9/11.
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And then not read it until it is passed....
I want to hear what The Czar of Czyber Czecurity has to say on the subject.
Uncovering the past of the Twit Twins is what they call a spectacular Cyber Attack.
Are you crazy? How do we or they have time to read (or think) about this? This far too important, far too urgent! Pass the bill, we can figure the details out later.
I know that this was raised as an issue to the Bush adminstration in July of 2001.
Obviously it wasnt a real threat then if nothing was done.
Obviously it wasnt a real threat then if nothing was done.
And I would trust Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta why?
Who is attacking us?
By the tone of his words, it sounds like we’re good and ready for a great big false flag.
My guess: People making over $250,000 a year.
The obvious solution is to seize their assets to pay for Obamacare.
Because he supposedly has had a very good relationship with the USSR since the 70s?
Rather surprised the “Puzzle Palace” (NSA) hasn’t a solution(s) to cyber attacks! Reminds me of yahoo chats days & flooding/exploit booter programs hitting on various chat clients like messy, yazak or supra. Yahoo would eventually patch these flooders through their servers. Oh, thought NSA was at least 5yrs ahead of the street.
My new boss, a young Captain who has worked in Cyber Security, told me the same thing yesterday. We had a discussion when i told him it was just another way for the government to spread its span of control over us all by regulations designed to "provide safety and security" for us. He claimed that AT&T and other providers, over whose networks we run government networks, don't have any reason to protect themselves. I pointed out that they had as much reason as the government - if their systems were majorly compromised, they would lose a lot of money. He then said that we had the right to force ourselves on them because we had a contract with them and a lot of government contractors had to abide "by the rules". I pointed out that the government was a customer and asked him if he had a cell phone contract - he said yes. I asked what would happen if he, as a customer who had signed a contract, tried to force the company to change the way it does business. He just looked at me. I finally told him that if the government wanted absolute control over its networks, it needed to build its own separate infrastructure - the reason we are in the bind we're now in is due to government intervention in every area and every little step taken results in a hundred more steps that reduce our freedom, raise costs, and open doors towards the coming despotism. he surprised me by smiling and saying it would be nice to have someone around that could provide interesting conversation.
The government already has significant influence in our communications systems. If your young Captain is really interested in starting to understand the relationship between the communications systems and the government, have him start by tring to unearth (as seperate searches) Bell Labs and communicatins and government involvement in commercial satellites. I would imagine there is enough stuff out there to disspell him of the belief the government isn't involved in our communications systems.
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