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> The underlying premise is that the FBI is utterly incompetent and unable to investigate a crime of this nature. No, there's lots of different things that cou

> The underlying premise is that the FBI is utterly incompetent and unable to investigate a crime of this nature. No, there's lots of different things that could be happening. The FBI could have said it was North Korea to save face. As @thegrugq (who, by the way, is one of three security researchers who I can find who believes it was North Korea) suggests, the NSA could have investigated, discovered the culprit was DPRK, and then just informed the FBI. The FBI could also be incompetent. But lets bear in mind that this is the same organization that blackmailed MLK and told him to kill himself, launched the COINTELPRO program, started fires at Waco, spied on Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, John Denver, John Lennon, Jane Fonda, Groucho Marx, Charlie Chaplin, MC5, Lou Costello, Sonny Bono, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, and Mickey Mantle, and three years ago used a chainsaw to break into a house before realizing that it was the wrong house. So you'll forgive me if I'm skeptical of the organization's claims. PS. If you have any other 3rd party security researchers who believe the FBI's claims, I'd be happy to add them to my list.

woodman 12y ago
The list could go on for quite a while, but this reminds me more of their handling of the anthrax attacks. Pinning the attacks on Bruce Ivins after driving him to suicide. It is pretty difficult finding anybody who actually agrees with the FBI on that one. Criminal investigations are tough enough, but when you are trying to catch somebody who is intelligent and doesn't want to be caught - it is pretty close to impossible. Couple that with political pressure and you get the present state, where it is much easier either create a boogieman (giving phony detonators to unstable people) or just piling more blame on those that can't defend themselves (dead men, hermit kingdoms). Also, I'm surprised that the Secret Service isn't mentioned in all this - they've traditionally been much better equipped to handle computer related crime. This is an area that the FBI has always really sucked at.

woodman 12y ago

The list could go on for quite a while, but this reminds me more of their handling of the anthrax attacks. Pinning the attacks on Bruce Ivins after driving him to suicide. It is pretty difficult finding anybody who actually agrees with the FBI on that one. Criminal investigations are tough enough, but when you are trying to catch somebody who is intelligent and doesn't want to be caught - it is pretty close to impossible. Couple that with political pressure and you get the present state, where it is much easier either create a boogieman (giving phony detonators to unstable people) or just piling more blame on those that can't defend themselves (dead men, hermit kingdoms). Also, I'm surprised that the Secret Service isn't mentioned in all this - they've traditionally been much better equipped to handle computer related crime. This is an area that the FBI has always really sucked at.