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Speculation in the media (Was: Re: CERT Employee Gets Owned)
From: Peter Busser <peter () trusteddebian org>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 22:14:51 +0200
Hi!
You have *zero* knowledge about *this* incident. And *that* was my point. It's bad enough that the damn news media speculates about everything under the sun these days.
Right, the media do speculate about almost everything. Yesterday there was speculation on the Dutch tv about ``cyberterrorism''. The program started about sobig, saying it caused a lot of damage. Then it went on to stating that developing sobig and others takes a lot of people, time and money. Therefore the only organisations who are capable of doing such development are mafia and terrorist organisations. The program went on to conclude that especially public utilities, like power companies, are vulnerable to this kind of terrorism. And of course the obligatory politician who vows to take measures was part of the program. I sent these people an e-mail message saying that the terrorist angle doesn't sound very convincing. Terrorists are, it seems to me, after terrifying people. I don't think shutting down a power plant is a really effective way to do that. Also that most virusses and worms are likely to be written by individuals who try to show off their skills. The only answer I got was: We didn't address this subject, that was a different program. (Nonwithstanding the fact that the title of the broadcast was: Computer-terrorism, something everyone can verify at their web site.) Groetjes, Peter Busser -- The Adamantix Project Taking trustworthy software out of the labs, and into the real world http://www.adamantix.org/ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
Current thread:
- RE: CERT Employee Gets Owned, (continued)
- RE: CERT Employee Gets Owned Timo Sirainen (Aug 26)
- RE: CERT Employee Gets Owned Justin Shin (Aug 26)
- RE: CERT Employee Gets Something! ( Explective Deleted ) Aditya (Aug 27)
- Re: CERT Employee Gets Owned Peter van den Heuvel (Aug 26)
- RE: CERT Employee Gets Owned Schmehl, Paul L (Aug 26)
- RE: CERT Employee Gets Owned Myers, Marvin (Aug 26)
- RE: CERT Employee Gets Owned Brad Bemis (Aug 26)
- RE: CERT Employee Gets Owned Schmehl, Paul L (Aug 26)
- RE: CERT Employee Gets Owned Nelson (Aug 26)
- Re: CERT Employee Gets Owned Michael D Schleif (Aug 26)
- Speculation in the media (Was: Re: CERT Employee Gets Owned) Peter Busser (Aug 26)
- RE: CERT Employee Gets Owned Nelson (Aug 26)
- RE: CERT Employee Gets Owned Steven Alexander (Aug 27)