[LINK] WP: The Pentagon is turned on by eWar

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

On 11/04/2012 9:04 AM, Roger Clarke wrote:
> [Dr Evenstrangerlove? 'C'mon, let's eNuke them Commies!'.
>
> [The US is a seriously creepy country.]
>
>
> Mission possible: Pentagon ramps up development of cyberweapons
>

Maybe the USA could spend a bit of money making sure it's government 
systems are not so fragile that they easily fall over given a little 
push. It's not much use having macho cyberweapons if your defences are 
vulnerable.

For Commerce unit hit by computer virus, hardship of being unplugged has 
upside
Washington Post
By Lisa Rein
April 9
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/for-agency-a-loss-of-technology-has-had-down--and-upsides/2012/04/08/gIQAvpAY5S_story_1.html 


The virus struck 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/commerce-agencys-system-infected-by-virus-may-be-victim-of-cyber-attack/2012/02/02/gIQAViHWlQ_story.html> 
in an e-mail 81 days ago, flagged by a federal team 
<http://www.us-cert.gov/>that monitors cyberthreats. The target was a 
small job-development bureau in the Commerce Department 
<http://www.eda.gov/>. The infiltration was so vicious it put Commerce’s 
entire computer network at risk.

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Regards
brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Canberra Australia
email:   brd at iimetro.com.au
website: www.drbrd.com



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