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> (a) to command the attention of the public > (b) send a message that the government is taking the issue seriously are you serious? the whole article seems t

by borism 16y ago

> (a) to command the attention of the public > (b) send a message that the government is taking the issue seriously are you serious? the whole article seems to be written by, for and about 5 year olds. Did you get to the part where they talk about planning to bomb Iraq when it turns out they were hacked by some teenagers? how much attention and seriousness is that inserting into US population? > The immense role of military contractors in securing DHS/DOD networks. The immense role of contractors in DoD budget is not exactly news > The large, contractor-run malware research groups set up around the country. any evidence?

count 16y ago
Did you get the part where that was over 12 years ago?
- borism 16y ago
  Actually that part was the only one of interest. I didn't know Clinton was planning to bomb Iraq in 1998.
  - tptacek 16y ago
    Uh... Clinton did bomb Iraq in 1998.
    - borism 16y ago
      Indeed. Same in 1996.
tptacek 16y ago
I don't think you're catching my subtext. The goal of planting this story certainly isn't to make the public more clueful about how infosec actually works. No, I'm not going to offer you evidence.
anigbrowl 16y ago
When it comes to information infrastructure and security issues, the general population's idea is not that far ahead of GI Joe. This seems like such obvious disinformation that I'm surprised they didn't include a reference of operation Screaming Fist as an in-joke. My hunch is that the purpose of fluff like this is to float the topic of information security just enough to blur the background now that the stuxnet story is hitting the mainstream (http://news.google.com/news/story?hl=en&q=virus+siemens+iran&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ncl=dG09TSHz7JfIRDMUmSiqyuBXIGHzM&ei=b2qeTOXLLYrmsQP4r-nVAQ&sa=X&oi=news_result&ct=more-results&resnum=1&ved=0CBoQqgIwAA http://news.google.com/news/story?hl=en&q=virus+siemens+...).

by borism 16y ago

count 16y ago

Did you get the part where that was over 12 years ago?

borism 16y ago
Actually that part was the only one of interest. I didn't know Clinton was planning to bomb Iraq in 1998.
- tptacek 16y ago
  Uh... Clinton did bomb Iraq in 1998.
  - borism 16y ago
    Indeed. Same in 1996.

tptacek 16y ago

I don't think you're catching my subtext. The goal of planting this story certainly isn't to make the public more clueful about how infosec actually works. No, I'm not going to offer you evidence.

anigbrowl 16y ago

When it comes to information infrastructure and security issues, the general population's idea is not that far ahead of GI Joe. This seems like such obvious disinformation that I'm surprised they didn't include a reference of operation Screaming Fist as an in-joke. My hunch is that the purpose of fluff like this is to float the topic of information security just enough to blur the background now that the stuxnet story is hitting the mainstream (http://news.google.com/news/story?hl=en&q=virus+siemens+iran&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ncl=dG09TSHz7JfIRDMUmSiqyuBXIGHzM&ei=b2qeTOXLLYrmsQP4r-nVAQ&sa=X&oi=news_result&ct=more-results&resnum=1&ved=0CBoQqgIwAA http://news.google.com/news/story?hl=en&q=virus+siemens+...).