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Syrian Electronic Army hijacks Microsoft blog and Twitter account

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Re: Syrian Electronic Army hijacks Microsoft blog and Twitter account

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Post by varjag »

hydralist wrote: post #3

are these just mercenaries or are they all syrian? how do they 'hack', what type of coding skills do they have that can do this? brute force? genius algos?

Usually these are kiddos with misguided sense of patriotism doing what they do (defacing websites).

Media loves to blow this out of proportion, because "cyberterrorism" and "cyberwarfare" just looks so damn cool in print. In reality though, you can count gainful attacks, the kind which would make sense to be conducted by governments, on fingers of one hand.

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#13

Post by mistfog »

varjag wrote: post #11
hydralist wrote: post #3

are these just mercenaries or are they all syrian? how do they 'hack', what type of coding skills do they have that can do this? brute force? genius algos?

Usually these are kiddos with misguided sense of patriotism doing what they do (defacing websites). Media loves to blow this out of proportion, because "cyberterrorism" and "cyberwarfare" just looks so damn cool in print. In reality though, you can count gainful attacks, the kind which would make sense to be conducted by governments, on fingers of one hand.

You are just speculating, adds nothing to the discussion. If there is one country with a "misguided sense of patriotism" it would be the US. Spying on the entire world? Selling out every possible exploits to the governments? Implementing backdoors? This is just the tip of the iceberg and its citizens of the US who are carrying them out. Just the media using the terms "cyberterrorism" and "cyberwarfare" as you said, are just another trick to exploit the patriotism in the US, patriotism only benefits the government and not the people.

Re: Syrian Electronic Army hijacks Microsoft blog and Twitter account

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Post by varjag »

mistfog wrote: post #13
varjag wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Usually these are kiddos with misguided sense of patriotism doing what they do (defacing websites). Media loves to blow this out of proportion, because "cyberterrorism" and "cyberwarfare" just looks so damn cool in print. In reality though, you can count gainful attacks, the kind which would make sense to be conducted by governments, on fingers of one hand.

You are just speculating, adds nothing to the discussion. If there is one country with a "misguided sense of patriotism" it would be the US. Spying on the entire world? Selling out every possible exploits to the governments? Implementing backdoors? This is just the tip of the iceberg and its citizens of the US who are carrying them out. Just the media using the terms "cyberterrorism" and "cyberwarfare" as you said, a…

I see my post disturbed you enough to register here and comment, but I have no fainest idea what you actually object to.

That defacing websites is a misguided patriotism? Well yes, it does not contribute to your case in any measurable way. It's not like bringing down a blog means a jack in real world.

As to your token US-bashing, I'm not a U.S. citizen so your outrage is misplaced.

Re: Syrian Electronic Army hijacks Microsoft blog and Twitter account

#16

Post by tremols »

varjag wrote: post #11
hydralist wrote: post #3

are these just mercenaries or are they all syrian? how do they 'hack', what type of coding skills do they have that can do this? brute force? genius algos?

Usually these are kiddos with misguided sense of patriotism doing what they do (defacing websites). Media loves to blow this out of proportion, because "cyberterrorism" and "cyberwarfare" just looks so damn cool in print. In reality though, you can count gainful attacks, the kind which would make sense to be conducted by governments, on fingers of one hand.

Kiddos with misguided sense of patriotism?; get in their shoes for a second... imagine that most gobernments and international media in the world suddendly supports the taliban to take over our country.

Re: Syrian Electronic Army hijacks Microsoft blog and Twitter account

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Post by varjag »

tremols wrote: post #16
varjag wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Usually these are kiddos with misguided sense of patriotism doing what they do (defacing websites). Media loves to blow this out of proportion, because "cyberterrorism" and "cyberwarfare" just looks so damn cool in print. In reality though, you can count gainful attacks, the kind which would make sense to be conducted by governments, on fingers of one hand.

Kiddos with misguided sense of patriotism?; get in their shoes for a second... imagine that most gobernments and international media in the world suddendly supports the taliban to take over our country.

I have no problems with that, you can't take over a country with newspaper clippings.

The situation with Syria is not as clear cut though. If Assad just went away instead of massacring his own people on (then peaceful) protests, there wouldn't be anywhere as much influence of radicals among people today. He obviously prioritized his well-being over Syria's long-term stability, and this is the consequence.

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