MaggieMae
Reality bits
- Apr 3, 2009
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OK, let's start here.
Let's do a for instance, ok?
Let's say the government of, say, Iran has hired a whole bunch of Russian "botters" to create an interruption of service attack on several key systems.
These botters have slowly been turning millions of personal computers into "Bot" machines for the last few years through various spyware programs to use for just this type of endeavor.
Now, just so I understand, since I know "nothing about the internet", how would this type of situation not present a threat to national security?
"Several Key Systems" might effect "several networks" but nothing like a "massive attack" ... do you think the internet is one giant computer that all the others link up to?
I would consider an interruption of service attack on key systems that the functioning of the government depends upon to be a "massive attack". I certainly wasn't suggesting a giant EMT, or anything of that nature.
Even disabling computer systems that control power grids would be devastating.