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- ussoldier, on 01/21/2008, -21/+583Hackers say CIA has murdered people, destabilized governments, stolen secrets, operated clandestinely under the cover of being so called journalists and corporate businessmen and humanitarian workers, and trafficked in cocaine and counterfeiting.
- Waskonator, on 01/21/2008, -13/+229Dear CIA,
You guys have all the moneys. If you can't protect our computers from Johnny Jihad, with his dell laptop, how are we supposed to feel safe in your hands otherwise?
Your caring Code Orange citizen,
Waskonator - Zippo, on 01/21/2008, -5/+166Hackers retort: "maybe if your security wasn't so *****, the grid would still be operational."
- kdepa, on 01/21/2008, -1/+130Why is any key infrastructure on a network that faces the internet? It should *all* be on a private network. It may cost more, but you'd think they'd realize the security risks present by having stuff like this on the internet.
- DigTheDoug, on 01/21/2008, -5/+111Did they use the cookie monster virus or the pac-man virus?
- turbomofo, on 01/21/2008, -0/+75I call ***** on this one.
1. Name the cities that were attacked
2. CNN airing a demonstration by the CIA doesn't prove anything.
3. Since when is the CIA/government a valid news source when their story cannot be fact checked by journalists.
This is just another dose of fear meant to keep Americans worried. - cawfee, on 01/21/2008, -2/+73[ ] Launch Missiles
[ x ] Cut Power
[ ] Impeach President
Enter Password: *****
[ OK ] [ Cancel ] - inactive, on 01/21/2008, -1/+67Why are the systems on the internet in the first place?
- borez, on 01/21/2008, -2/+65Sorry! Thought if I re-routed the power then my kettle would boil faster. My bad.
- truspect0r, on 01/21/2008, -0/+59They're going to blame it on the terrorists some how, and then here comes filtered/limited/observed internet.
- GreenGuy78, on 01/21/2008, -1/+50"regions outside the US"
most important sentence fragment in the article that most of you didn't read.
yum, propaganda. - protium, on 01/21/2008, -3/+49Ummm...why would you connect any computer systems that handle anything critical to the internet? At least use a VPN + RSA SecureID or some other security.
- crispee, on 01/21/2008, -8/+43No their job is to collect intelligence, not affect it.
- WorkingDead, on 01/21/2008, -1/+36I've been in the control room of many power plants. They look like the bridge of the Enterprise from the classic TV show. They are literally controlled by knobs and switches. It takes a lot of people a lot of time to bring one of these things on or off line. For the most part, these things are out in the middle of nowhere with barely working phone lines, let a lone a network connection. They are trying to scare you into giving them more money to police the internet because the scary hacker could bring down a model generator in a lab with a direct wired connection in a way that is not typically done in the field. Seriously folks....... come on.........
- rwbaskette, on 01/21/2008, -1/+34Quick! Quick! Who can i give all my useless civil liberties to in trade for protecting me from all of these terrible threats that we in no way could have seen coming!?
- VeryBoredNow, on 01/21/2008, -3/+34I wonder who told them
- inactive, on 01/21/2008, -1/+31The details are that the hacks were not in US cities but foreign countries where they're sloppy about things. This seems like yet another ploy by the government to have an excuse to tighten up on Internet access. I wouldn't even be surprised if the RIAA bribed someone to make this claim so they can use the news to scare legislators to get legislature passed to restrict net access.
- 4degrees, on 01/21/2008, -1/+29hackers is the new excuse for incompetence?
- traveler19, on 01/21/2008, -3/+31zomg its a firesale!
- BarleyWind, on 01/21/2008, -2/+28Oh shi it's a firesale
- strictnein, on 01/21/2008, -4/+27No, that's not true at all.
There are basically two branches to the CIA and they have separate tasks. One branch is the intelligence group. They gather intelligence, prepare reports, etc.
The other is the clandestine group. They do the "other" stuff. - ashwinmudigonda, on 01/21/2008, -2/+25Alright. I know where this is going. Iran is behind all this and it is the Axis of evil. No! now make that the Axis of Ohm's law. Yes. So, thus, Iran must be destroyed, my fellow amurkans. I have less than one year, people, and as president I have this obligation.
- jemka, on 01/21/2008, -2/+24It was Trinity. You know, the one that cracked the IRS D-base?
- SzaszMan, on 01/21/2008, -0/+21.... and cue CIA or NSA chief saying, "See? This is why we need to monitor and record the activities of every single American's internet activities."
- betasp, on 01/21/2008, -0/+18RTFA. It was outside the US.
- gimlik, on 01/21/2008, -2/+20LEAVE BRUCE WILLIS' DAUGHTER ALONE!!!
- strafefire, on 01/21/2008, -0/+17Coming from someone that has worked and currently does contract work on many power plants across the US and Canada, the only way that a hacker can shutdown a power plant is from the inside, on an internal computer, with access to the process controls of said plant.
An example is the Ohio Davis-Besse nuclear power plant that got emergency shutdown when its computer were hit by a SLAMMER virus.
The virus got on the process controls network when an employee, who had the virus on his computer unknowingly, uploaded a Microsoft Word document to his workstation with the plan of the day.
The outside hacker coming in Matrix/Mr & Mrs.Smith thing that everyone thinks can happen is unfounded and false. - MacEnvy, on 01/21/2008, -1/+15I learned several life lessons from "Dude, Where's My Car." For one, I now have a crippling fear of ostriches.
- shaitanx, on 01/21/2008, -7/+21You sir, win 3 internets.
- Buelldozer, on 01/21/2008, -0/+14Unauthorized devices connected to the network can be quickly detected and shut down as long as your I.T. staff is taking their job seriously and is properly equipped.
- echo2501, on 01/21/2008, -0/+13"Oh, it's password protected. 20 billion possibilities... try... 'Jeff'. Hey!"
- FKnight, on 01/21/2008, -6/+19"Maybe if you wore a bullet proof vest, that bullet I just shot into you would not have punctured your lung. Not my fault."
- shiftless, on 01/21/2008, -2/+15Well, crap, they deserve to have the power shut off if the system is connected to the Internet. How idiotic.
- RungeKutta, on 01/21/2008, -1/+14You can say what you want about these power stations having proper computer and network security, which they should, but that's missing the real issue. Why the hell do these places have their main computer system that controls their power grid hooked up to the internet? How dumb can you be?
- Error601, on 01/21/2008, -1/+13A prime example why hacker plots suck in movies.
- Gimpishi, on 01/21/2008, -1/+12It seems like all of us these days...
- darnok45, on 01/21/2008, -1/+12This is just the first step towards more government control of the internet. What other purpose does the CIA have to release this info, they want to public to think the internet is a threat, and then they will put regulations on it.
- minimaximus, on 01/21/2008, -0/+11"regions outside the US"... Hmmm, why don't they tell us where that is? could be the moon, Mars, or just in their sick imagination?
- BadseedJR, on 01/21/2008, -4/+15But how is the engineer who operates the generator supposed to look at minors on myspace all day without the internet?
- geneticlemon, on 01/21/2008, -1/+11Well, it's a damn good thing the CIA can afford "bullet proof vests" AKA a "decent network security system."
- inactive, on 01/21/2008, -0/+10You should've quoted T2, T3 doesn't fare too well on Digg...
- elvenseven, on 01/21/2008, -3/+13Let me guess? The terrorist did it, and they used javascript and sql injection to hack the main switch that controls the country's power?
If this is what they'll state, and Americans fall for it, then I guess you don't deserve the freedom at all. - Error601, on 01/21/2008, -1/+10Well, my count is about 85% that didn't read the article or failed to understand it.
- NoCt1, on 01/21/2008, -8/+16And. Still could be johnny jihad and his dell. Dell is international.. Jihad is not an american term. And could easily be found outside the us. So why dont you read the comment. And understand that he is saying It doesnt need to be inside or outside. Anyone with a computer can do this. And the CIA has all this money and everything with it.... So eternal464 You are a Douche.
- greenm1981, on 01/21/2008, -5/+13Yeah, and there is this thing called, "blow back." Maybe we wouldn't have to engage in as much creepy *****, unethical ***** in the name of national security if the CIA and other gov agencies had not spent the past 50+ years creating all of that blow back.
- T8erT0T, on 01/21/2008, -2/+10They killed The Gibson.
- opticsnake, on 01/21/2008, -3/+10Yeah, gonna have to call bulls#!7 on this one. Now, if they could name just one city with a date and time of when it happened that we could confirm, it would have some credibility. Till then...pics or it didn't happen.
- humperdeath, on 01/21/2008, -3/+10This is the 'FIRE SALE' from Die Harder?
- ScottyMcBaggs, on 01/21/2008, -5/+12YES just the same as poetry and novels are, a good movie can be quoted to prove a philosophical point. Not all movies are like "Dude, where's my car?"
- inactive, on 01/21/2008, -1/+8Tell me why such valuable systems are even connected to the internet? Everyone knows how bloody insecure it is. Given the fact that even everyday citizens need software/hardware firewalls, anti-virus software, anti-spyware software, anti-phishing software. Seems pretty stupid to me.
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