The Future of Cyber War

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/...

It's 18 minutes long, hope don't watch if you don't have an attention span. But it's scary stuff.

People, people settle down for heavens sake. This is rope-a-dope and even outright fabrication in one instance
(terabytes moved out of a government site, across the internet and no one noticed??. Hmmm, thats alot of data, what size was that pipe I wonder?).

CBS exposed nothing new to anyone out there interested in hacking US targets and it is childishly naive to think otherwise.
This stuff and a whole lot more has been well known for many years. I think what we have here is a desire to curry fear in the general populace and provide a basis for funding. This also makes a case for further eroding our freedoms regarding the internet and usage. Don't give in to fear. If this was so easy why hasn't it happened more often? Break-ins happen but don't surrender to this bogus propaganda. Indeed, the US has as much and more intel on networks elsewhere and if anything presents a kind of deadly embrace - hit me and Ill hit you back.
Does anyone think the Cold War ended? We will always need a war. Jobs depend on it.

fastsam wrote:

People, people settle down for heavens sake. This is rope-a-dope and even outright fabrication in one instance
(terabytes moved out of a government site, across the internet and no one noticed??. Hmmm, thats alot of data, what size was that pipe I wonder?).
CBS exposed nothing new to anyone out there interested in hacking US targets and it is childishly naive to think otherwise.
This stuff and a whole lot more has been well known for many years. I think what we have here is a desire to curry fear in the general populace and provide a basis for funding. This also makes a case for further eroding our freedoms regarding the internet and usage. Don't give in to fear. If this was so easy why hasn't it happened more often? Break-ins happen but don't surrender to this bogus propaganda. Indeed, the US has as much and more intel on networks elsewhere and if anything presents a kind of deadly embrace - hit me and Ill hit you back.
Does anyone think the Cold War ended? We will always need a war. Jobs depend on it.

You obviously are not very familiar with how society works, at least in the real world. Either that, or you simply watched the first 3 minutes of the segment. They did not claim that this was a "breaking" story and for you to call this propaganda is weak to say the least. Talk about putting your head in the sand. You just might be part ostrich!

fastsam wrote:

People, people settle down for heavens sake. This is rope-a-dope and even outright fabrication in one instance
(terabytes moved out of a government site, across the internet and no one noticed??. Hmmm, thats alot of data, what size was that pipe I wonder?).
CBS exposed nothing new to anyone out there interested in hacking US targets and it is childishly naive to think otherwise.
This stuff and a whole lot more has been well known for many years. I think what we have here is a desire to curry fear in the general populace and provide a basis for funding. This also makes a case for further eroding our freedoms regarding the internet and usage. Don't give in to fear. If this was so easy why hasn't it happened more often? Break-ins happen but don't surrender to this bogus propaganda. Indeed, the US has as much and more intel on networks elsewhere and if anything presents a kind of deadly embrace - hit me and Ill hit you back.
Does anyone think the Cold War ended? We will always need a war. Jobs depend on it.

While you make very valid points concerning the nature of fear-mongering, I'd be interested to see whatever you have to back up your out-of-hand rejection of the 'terrabites removed from government computers'. Just your opinion, or do you have some information/links?