US Unable To Win a Cyber War 327
An anonymous reader writes "The inability to deflect even a simulated cyber attack or mitigate its effects shown in an exercise that took place some six days ago at Washington's Mandarin Oriental Hotel doesn't bode well for the US. Mike McConnell, the former Director of National Intelligence, said to the US Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee yesterday that if the US got involved in a cyber war at this moment, they would surely lose. 'We're the most vulnerable. We're the most connected. We have the most to lose,' he stated. Three years ago, McConnell referred to cybersecurity as the 'soft underbelly of this country' and it's clear that he thinks things haven't changed much since then."
3rd World War (Score:4, Funny)
duck and cover! (Score:3, Funny)
Luckily, I've setup my server farm in my old bomb shelter.
Computer unable to defeat Nuke (Score:5, Funny)
The headline should really read: "Overseas hacker's computers unable to defeat incoming U.S. nukes."
That would be much more accurate, if we are going to talk about WAR.
Re:duck and cover! (Score:3, Funny)
Luckily, I've setup my server farm in my old bomb shelter.
For security reason I'm backing up the whole net using Torrents. :)
We have BOFH (Score:5, Funny)
We are BOFH. You want Mutual Assured Destruction? We make the USAF look like wusses.
Always remember this in a cyber war (Score:5, Funny)
If you're captured by the enemy, there are just three pieces of information you are compelled to divulge: Age, Sex, and Location.
Re:Stupidity of leadership... (Score:3, Funny)
If nothing else, that would make the transition to IPv6 much easier...
Re:Win at war? (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah, all those explosions do tend to loosen things.
Re:Computer unable to defeat Nuke (Score:3, Funny)
We just nuke all the likely suspects. All at once.
Problem solved.
just trying to follow the logic here (Score:3, Funny)
So you're saying we should build robots to sniff crotches and grope pregnant women?