Re: [ISN] Clarke Takes Gov't to Task Over Security

From: InfoSec News (isnat_private)
Date: Thu Jul 17 2003 - 00:47:13 PDT

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    Forwarded from: Robert G. Ferrell <rgferrellat_private>
    
    At 02:45 AM 7/16/03 -0500, InfoSec News wrote:
    
    > "The government effort has lost momentum. I personally believe we're
    > vulnerable to a cyber-attack of 9/11 magnitude or greater," Bailey
    > said.
    
    I won't argue with the first half of this statement.  However, I'd be
    very interested in seeing Mr. Bailey's scenario for killing 3,000
    people in a "cyber-attack" anywhere but EverQuest or some similar
    MMOG.
    
    As to the belief that al-Qaeda is technologically sophisticated when
    it comes to computers, this statement belongs in the same rubbish heap
    as the CIA's so-called "intelligence" concerning WMD in Iraq.  
    Where's the proof?  Where, in fact, is any shred of evidence
    whatsoever to back up this claim? I come into almost daily contact
    with "intelligence" that suggests otherwise.
    
    It doesn't help us to make wild assertions of this nature.  They only
    draw attention away from the real threats and divert much needed
    resources into marginally productive areas.
    
    This seems to me to be FUD of the highest order.
    
    RGF
    
    Robert G. Ferrell
    rgferrellat_private
    
    
    
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