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Big banks stage mega-cyberattack drill

• ferdo 13y ago
  It might be prudent to take some cash out of the bank before the weekend.
  • joeblau 13y ago
    It would be ironic if this attack coincided with a real attack.
    • ferdo 13y ago
      These drills do have a nasty habit of going live sometimes.
• dmix 13y ago
  I posted an article recently about how the NSA tests young recruits in a military academy by hacking into their system. It's a great read. "NSA Attacks West Point! Relax, It's a Cyberwar Game (2008)" http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/05/nsa_cyberwargames http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/05/nsa_cybe... Attempting to defend a network against the NSA would be a fascinating experience. Probably much more challenging than this security companies PR stunt.
  • mathattack 13y ago
    Richard Marcinko (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Marcinko http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Marcinko) got into some trouble pulling this off in a physical security situation.
• riskable 13y ago
  This isn't a fake "cyberattack". It's just a role-playing exercise to figure out what sorts of information the banks are willing to share with each other. From that information they (the company coordinating the exercise) can provide recommendations on where they shared useless info, didn't provide enough info, or (maybe) provided too much.