Cyber-Attacks? 373
Galahad2 writes "The Washington Post has a lengthy article about the Bush administration's fears of an Al Qaeda cyber attack on the nation's infrastructure. Though we have all seen this sort of attack as a possiblity for a long time, I'm having a hard time believing that Al Qaeda is capable of anything along these lines." You're not the only one. The article does cite an example of the only known infrastructure attack, a case in Australia where a consultant used his inside knowledge of a local sewage treatment system to dump raw sewage, hoping for a contract to solve the problem he created.
Arabian money transfer (Score:2, Funny)
As they say... "not bloody likely" (Score:2, Funny)
Smart Move... (Score:5, Funny)
Flak 1: "Hey, we're really getting pasted over the fact that we "knew about" 9-11 and didn't warn anyone." ... oh you'll think of something! Ted, start posting stories on Slashdot; those hackers suck up every meme that's going..."
Solemn pause as the room thinks. Scratching of heads, etc.
Flak 2: "I know, let's warn everyone about every possible type of attack, so that if and when the next one occurs we can say..."
Flak 1: "... I told you so?! That's brilliant! Bob, call your guy at the Post and see if you can sell that cyber attack story. Frank, get the Times on the phone, tell them
Scene of chaos as flunkies run in every direction to Flak 1's barked commands.
Something like that, right?
A quote from Assistant Secretary of Defense thing (Score:5, Funny)
I don't know whether to be more concerned about a potential cyber attack or the fact that the Assistant Secretary of Defense refers to critical infrastructure as "some sophisticated, tricky cyber thing."
Re:Good timing for Palladium (Score:3, Funny)
And detain all known contributors to any "terrorist" operating systems in military prison camp. Don't forget to do that.
Think about the children
Sprint Nevada? (Score:3, Funny)
Shaun
OBL's Secretaries (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Inconceivable? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:smells like home (Score:2, Funny)
Politics (Score:4, Funny)
Taliban Spam (Score:1, Funny)
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Re:Not an Al Quaeda tactic (Score:2, Funny)
Ah well. 2 months with the nation's backbone and a 1000 online businesses bite the dust anyway
Consulting (Score:5, Funny)
Isn't that what consultants do everywhere? Come in, dump raw sewage, hope for a contract.