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5.56NATO
01-25-2013, 02:38 PM
Sure Jan, sure. This attack could be easily implemented on orders from the regime in dc. They could make it happen, drop society to its knees, implement martial law/suspend the constitution, and do whatever they want. Or try to. Heads up!!!




WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano warned on Thursday that a major cyber attack is a looming threat and could have the same sort of impact as last year's Superstorm Sandy, which knocked out electricity in a large swathe of the Northeast.

Napolitano said a "cyber 9/11" could happen "imminently" and that critical infrastructure - including water, electricity and gas - was very vulnerable to such a strike.

"We shouldn't wait until there is a 9/11 in the cyber world. There are things we can and should be doing right now that, if not prevent, would mitigate the extent of damage," said Napolitano, speaking at the Wilson Center think tank in Washington and referring to the September 11, 2001, attacks.

Napolitano runs the sprawling Homeland Security Department that was created 10 years ago in the aftermath of September 11 and charged with preventing another such event.



http://news.yahoo.com/u-homeland-chief-cyber-9-11-could-happen-215436518.html

samiam
01-25-2013, 02:58 PM
yeah and Osama is hiding under your bed . . just another of George W. Aesop's fables on crack

Dr. Gonzo GED
01-25-2013, 03:44 PM
So wait a minute...

The government won't share secuirty information with private companies unless those companies give control of their systems over to the government?

Something is rotten in Denmark...

5.56NATO
01-25-2013, 03:51 PM
Yeah, kinda like they have total remote control over every broadcast radio and tv station transmission.

jet3534
01-25-2013, 07:38 PM
yeah and Osama is hiding under your bed . . just another of George W. Aesop's fables on crack

DHS has been trying to pass cyber security legislation since Obama took office, i.e., giving the DHS secretary the authority to selectively shut down Internet sites. While this idea may have originated with the idea of shutting down infected sites to prevent things like distributed denial of service attacks, who would trust the Obama administration not to use this authority to shut down opponents of the regime?

samiam
01-25-2013, 07:53 PM
I was referring to the Ministry of Bullshit trying to gin up the "fear doctrine" again, getting the citizenry to believe the only was to prevent the next terrorist attack is go shopping and have a couple rolls of duct tape on hand