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Re: Explosive breast implants


From: Stephanie Daugherty <sdaugherty () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 09:53:52 -0400

Plenty of more realistic threats againsts targets that are difficult to
impossible to secure. Shopping malls, movie theaters, schools, etc.

And the real reason airliners aren't being attacked anymore probably has
more to do with the passengers than the added security. Post 9/11, the
passengers will beat someone to a pulp before they can even think about
doing anything funny...




On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec) <
michael.blanchard () emc com> wrote:

The whole "gas attacks" are not really easy to pull off in the real
world...  there are a number of attempts that failed miserably by terrorist
groups or individuals in the past....  you just need too much gas for it to
be effective...

 Same with the water supply attack....  you'd need thousands of gallons
entering the watersupply to even make people slightly ill....  it just gets
diluted way too quickly...


Now....  just the threat of it will cause panic... a water supply attack
doesn't have to make folks any more than slightly queezy to be effective as
a "terror attack"... people LOVE to panic as people are idiots, that is why
just an attempt would have an effect even if not one person even gets
slightly dizzy after drinking the water....


Michael P. Blanchard
Principal Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE
Cyber Security Services
EMC ² Corporation
32 Coslin Drive
Southboro, MA 01772


-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On
Behalf Of Jeffrey Walton
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 6:19 PM
To: Rob Slade
Cc: FunSec List
Subject: Re: [funsec] Explosive breast implants

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 5:59 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon &
Hannah <rmslade () shaw ca> wrote:

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/Blog/2013/08/16/Explosive-breast-implants-are-
now-a-terror-threat/4521376677949

Not much detail here, but I'm calling bullshit.  Or, at least,
irrelevance.
Yeah, they are out of control with their fear mongering.

The jihadist already played the airplane card. Why try it again with
heightened vigilance surrounding air transportation?

I'd expect to see something like cyanide mist deployed around a city
and in subway stations during rush hour; or an infectious agent added
to the water supply where a water main enters a city.

You can't defend against all threats in all places, so its probably
best to repair relations and outlaw religion. Spend the money on
de-indoctrination so everyone can get along.

Jeff
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