news.bbc.co.uk — High street chains will be the next victims of cyber terrorism, some of the world's elite hackers have warned. Criminals could use the kind of tactics which crippled Estonia's government and some firms last year.
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moxleyApr 26, 2008
Okay. "World's elite hackers warn chains of cyber terrorism threat"Let me translate for the media challenged: "Bulls**t bulls**t hackers scary fear fear bulls**t terra-ism fear."So, as another digger pointed out this is a type of propaganda. The fact that it is bulls**t is easy for a laugh, but then you have to consider WHY the western media is constantly trumpeting how "dangerous" the internet and "hackers" are and that same ol story about how a power grid was shut down (where they leave out all of the inconveieent details that make that story not so scary - to give an analogy it's like a burgler broke into a small, old house in the country and the story that appears in the media is "elite burgler squad penetrates white house security and steals W's herpes medication."SO why pumping all of the fear about the net? Because the freedom of information, citizen journalists and the organizational power of the internet scares the s**t out of the people who are running things. They like having the corporate media be able to set the agenda and tell peopel who to thinki ablout and frame the issues. They want to legislate the net into something like a combination of early AOL and the home shopping network. They want to remove anonymity, they want to be able to identify anybody online and may even propose licensing of tie your ID to an online account....This stuff is coming unfortunately and the first thing that has to be done for them to accimplish this is people and their representatives and corporations have to feel so threatened and insecure that they will allow or support it.
mrviklundApr 26, 2008
Do they even know what they are talking about? It was a simple DDoS attack in Estonia. It's kinda common on the INTERNETS!
yomaoniApr 26, 2008
But make sure you go through the BLT drive.
Closed AccountApr 26, 2008
The sky is not blue its pink the sky is blue nonsense is government propaganda just like WWII never happened.
bushidohacksApr 27, 2008
Meanwhile the rest of us not-so-elite hackers have been telling the internet that for years. But what do we know. We don't have criminal records like Mr. Elete.
nebsMay 1, 2008
I think you have possibly missed the point that was being made: government systems are getting harder to hit, and if attackers want to do cyber-terrorism, the easier targets are the likes of the high street (and they are less likely to be tracked down under terrorism laws that are more powerful than the CMA). The message was for board level people to raise their awareness so they are not made into an object in a cyber terrorism statement that costs them lots of cash. The objective was not to pump the Internet or media with fear, it was a simple observation and statement of opinion. There was no statement of wanting to add more laws, nor did 3 of the panel want the isp's to regulate or filter the Internet. I think you should study the content more before going off on a rant. - Just a thought, but then again I would know what the guy was saying and meant - I was the one sitting on the panel making the observation :-)
possiblyneilMay 5, 2008
I have nothing to fear I have security enhanced Linux.
mydaveAug 12, 2008
hmm, I hope they couldn't! and whose photo there?<a class="user" href="http://search.ashtech.info/security">http://search.ashtech.info/security</a>