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> White House officials have deflected many questions, and responded to others by arguing that the focus should be on the attackers themselves, not the manufact
by crasp 9y ago
> White House officials have deflected many questions, and responded to others by arguing that the focus should be on the attackers themselves, not the manufacturer of their weapons.
Am i to understand that if somebody would manage to steal nuclear warheads and launch them we don't hold the people who failed to protect them responsible?
- strictnein 9y agoA nuclear weapon is a little different than a patched SMB exploit.
- d33 9y agoHow's that different in terms of responsibility?
- strictnein 9y agoOne kills millions.
- blitmap 9y agoSMB attacks can be used against medical facilities. I would reframe this as "both can kill".
- milkytron 9y agoI agree that's a bit of a stretch for a comparison. I think it would be closer to saying that the NSA found a key to a company's system, didn't inform the company, and then got the key stolen from them by criminals which then brought down the system. Obviously that's extremely simplified, but all parties here are at fault. And all we're seeing is a bunch of finger pointing, with not enough defensive and preventative action being taken.
- pizza 9y agoThe principle should be the same.