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Re: flag as cyber terrorism
From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2007 22:51:51 -0500
On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 21:17:58 GMT, n3td3v said:
We were never sure what defines cyber terrorism and a cyber terrorist but now n3td3v via cnet news unleashes the propaganda that points to the month of bugs trend as being the "defined cyber terrorism threat".
After which we're *still* unclear about what "cyber terrorism" is, because not everybody thinks "a month of bugs" is "terrorism". In fact. terrorism isn't even about blowing stuff up or killing people, it's about making people worried and afraid. We are, as a society, not online enough that "oh no, maybe I won't be able to reach Google" causes the same sort of visceral panic that people currently feel about "possible anthrax attack" or "airplanes falling from sky". Note that most mainstream definitions of "cyber terrorism" are a crock, because what they *really* are saying is "terrorist attacks that merely happen to use a (possibly large) online component to leverage a real-world outcome". It doesn't matter if you used a computer or 40 pounds of explosives to take out the substation - the *attack* is "causing a blackout", with the attendant fear, panic, and stress that creates. Of course, none of this would matter, if large portions of the security industry didn't have a vested interest in making money perpetrating security theatre rather than actually providing security....
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