Posted on 02/11/2013 7:09:17 PM PST by BenLurkin
There are no coincidences. This is pretty damn blatant.
Having actually worked in computer security, I don’t think these reports are bogus.
We’ve known for over a decade (!) that the PLA has an organized effort to penetrate US corporate networks to steal intellectual property.
The Chinese are becoming more and more brazen. Closing these holes doesn’t require a federal response at all - and a federal response won’t help. What will help is American corporate management getting their heads out of their rectums.
Yes, the Obama administration is pushing their “cyber-security” BS. Most companies will likely just ignore it, the way they’ve ignored security issues for over 10 years.
That doesn’t mean there isn’t a threat. All corporate management has to do is realize that they need to spend money on corporate network security, and some of the money they need to spend is on training of their employees, especially middle and upper management. The worst practices in personal data security are often the result of idiot senior managers who think using a computer properly is beneath them.
Just applying some melodramatic license...
No doubt the reports are in some way connected to real events, but I’m suspicious of the PR. This kind of vulnerability is not new.
>> Closing these holes doesn’t require a federal response at all - and a federal response won’t help.
Agreed, but it’s a “crisis that doesn’t need to go to waste” — if you know what I’m saying...
Oh, you’re absolutely right that there’s nothing new here. Absolutely nothing is a front-page article in any security journal.
The Federal Reserve got hacked recently. There’s all manner of reports of outfits that have gotten hacked that they kept quiet. Rather than keeping the whole matter hush-hush, they should be closing the holes.
But nooooo... the idiots down in DC think that it’s just about another press release.
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