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This is merely a taste of what is to come. When President Obama stated in December[0] that we will deliver a "proportional response" to Russian hacking at the "time and place of our own choosing", it seemed that most of the country was proud, almost gleeful at the thought that we would be striking back. I for one was mortified. We should not be escalating cyberwar, even if we do have proof of who attacked us. People…
Two questions 1. Why do they not simply take the weapons of a network? Maybe store it on some physical media, or a computer not networked unless it's time to take a Kim down a notch? 2. Are these "weapons" really that dastardly? Most of these common ransom-ware and viruses are easily avoided, and only succeed because of naive users. Backdoors aren't a weapon, they're there on purpose. Sniffing, spying, and logging ca…
The problem is that the large majority of the users is naive.
This is merely a taste of what is to come. When President Obama stated in December[0] that we will deliver a "proportional response" to Russian hacking at the "time and place of our own choosing", it seemed that most of the country was proud, almost gleeful at the thought that we would be striking back. I for one was mortified. We should not be escalating cyberwar, even if we do have proof of who attacked us. People…
I don't want the NSA to become a defensive organization. I like that Iran's nuclear program is being delayed. That's not a defensive action. You don't seem to be proposing that the NSA become defensive, either. If Russia attacks us and we don't respond, that's not even defensive. That's dismantling.
This is merely a taste of what is to come. When President Obama stated in December[0] that we will deliver a "proportional response" to Russian hacking at the "time and place of our own choosing", it seemed that most of the country was proud, almost gleeful at the thought that we would be striking back. I for one was mortified. We should not be escalating cyberwar, even if we do have proof of who attacked us. People…
Man's way to peace is by having a bigger gun than his neighbor.
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?
Not trying to claim whataboutism, but I think there's an elephant in the room. The end result of the NSA saying "ok, as of today we've completely disarmed our cyberweapon stockpile and released patches for all vulnerabilities to the appropriate software companies" wouldn't be the end of cyberattacks. It would just be someone else doing them. I don't know what the real solution is. Maybe there is none.
This is a strawman. No one knowledgeable is saying it would create 100% security, just that it would be a net increase in the security of our infrastructure.
Not trying to claim whataboutism, but I think there's an elephant in the room. The end result of the NSA saying "ok, as of today we've completely disarmed our cyberweapon stockpile and released patches for all vulnerabilities to the appropriate software companies" wouldn't be the end of cyberattacks. It would just be someone else doing them. I don't know what the real solution is. Maybe there is none.
Instead of (ab)using somebody else's mistakes to your own advantage (and possibly have it backfire) you could also tell that person about their mistakes so the whole world could benefit and there would be 1 issue less in the world to worry about.
This is merely a taste of what is to come. When President Obama stated in December[0] that we will deliver a "proportional response" to Russian hacking at the "time and place of our own choosing", it seemed that most of the country was proud, almost gleeful at the thought that we would be striking back. I for one was mortified. We should not be escalating cyberwar, even if we do have proof of who attacked us. People…
I don't want the NSA to become a defensive organization. I like that Iran's nuclear program is being delayed. That's not a defensive action. You don't seem to be proposing that the NSA become defensive, either. If Russia attacks us and we don't respond, that's not even defensive. That's dismantling.
Defence is only card in this game worth playing especially when it comes to infrastructure attacks.