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I must have missed alot, what are other instances of attacks like this? We are not talking about espionage or theft, the Sony attack was plain malice. The only
by gizmo686 12y ago
I must have missed alot, what are other instances of attacks like this? We are not talking about espionage or theft, the Sony attack was plain malice. The only prior examples I can think of are private activists (eg Anonomous) or major tactical targets (eg nuclear centrifuges).
- xnull2guest 12y agoWe differ in that I would group this action together with espionage and sabotage, but if you are looking for other examples of nation state sponsored 'malice' attacks the Syrian Electronic Army's ("state-supported") attack of Ebay, Paypal, Ferrari, Walmart, media organizations, security companies, government twitter accounts, and Microsoft (and others) are examples of attacks that are meant to hurt reputation and cause chaos more than they were about data or finance.