Cyberterror Not Yet a Credible Threat, Says Policy Thinktank 165
Trailrunner7 writes "A new report by a Washington policy think tank dismisses out of hand the idea that terrorist groups are currently launching cyber attacks and says that the recent attacks against US and South Korean networks were not damaging enough to be considered serious incidents. The report, written by James Lewis of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, looks at cyberwar through the prism of the Korean attacks, and calls the idea that terrorists have attack capabilities and just aren't using them 'nonsensical.' 'A very rough estimate would say that there is a lag of three and eight years between the capabilities developed by advanced intelligence agencies and the capabilities available for purchase or rental in the cybercrime black market. The evidence for this is partial and anecdotal, but the trend has been consistent for more two decades,' Lewis writes."
Of course they would say that (Score:2, Funny)
Re:bring back the pr0n! (Score:4, Funny)
Also isn't terror's one meaning to cause, well, terror? What are you going to on the internet, put a scary picture on google.com
You have gravely underestimated the power of goatse.
Re:Creative thinking ahead (Score:3, Funny)
Sounds like somebody's been watching too many X-Files reruns...
There will be a vague gray fuzzy knock on your door shortly. Do not remove any of the crawlies from under your skin -- there's no time for that now. Pack only what you need, wrap your cash in tinfoil to attenuate the signal from the embedded tracking devices, and just RUN!!! When you arrive at the previously agreed-upon meeting place, then we can use my ultrasonic humidifier to examine you and find out how many organs they've already stolen. Obviously the brain is a leading candidate...