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[ NNSquad ] Mock cyber attack used to pitch Senate legislation
Mock cyber attack used to pitch Senate legislation http://j.mp/y88KFL (Post-Gazette) "The Obama administration simulated a cyber attack on New York City's power supply in a Senate demonstration aimed at winning support for legislation to boost the nation's computer defenses." - - - I am deeply suspicious of and concerned about such theatrics, especially when taking place behind closed doors. Attempting to scare Senators into handing key controls of the Internet over to the government based on tenuous but lucrative reasoning by the "cyberwar industry" is bad enough. But we know full well that such mock demonstrations usually are (to use the vernacular) "rigged" for optimum emotional impact, rather than for a realistic portrayal of true risks and options. These kinds of demonstrations are straight from the playbook of past warmongers like General Curtis LeMay. They should be viewed with extreme skepticism. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org Founder: - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad