Cyber-Attacks?

Galahad2 writes "The Washington Post has a lengthy article about the Bush administration's fears of an Al Qaeda cyber attack on the nation's infrastructure. Though we have all seen this sort of attack as a possiblity for a long time, I'm having a hard time believing that Al Qaeda is capable of anything along these lines." You're not the only one. The article does cite an example of the only known infrastructure attack, a case in Australia where a consultant used his inside knowledge of a local sewage treatment system to dump raw sewage, hoping for a contract to solve the problem he created.

Comments

Re:Why is important infrastructure online?

[TWR]

Good. You don't like the capitalist solution to this? Fine, we'll use the Communist solution, as implemented by every Communist society in the world.

I'll order you to go to the remote place to sit there 24/7, just in case something goes wrong. If you say no, I'll shoot you.

Happier? Or did you expect the gun to be pointed at someone else?

-jon

Re:the real terrorists are governments and media

[MrResistor]

Also, don't tell me that missle defense is a lesser issue than public health. If everyone is dead from a missle attack, there's no point to a "health program". Don't think its not possible. China is NOT our friend, and they have a LOT of missiles. Have you noticed all the talk about a Chinese space program? Thats because they have long range launching capabilites now, the kind that can also target the USA with nuclear missles.

Oh, please. You should really educate yourself about the realities of missile defense before you go around spouting such drivel.

Missile defense will not protect you from a nuclear attack. Why? Because an airburst several miles up will cause just as much havoc and death as one that actually hits the ground through EMP and spread of radiation. In fact, in many cases it would actually be preferable to have the missile "intercepted" by something like the Patriot system than to have it actually hit it's intended target.

And then there's the fact that we intercept so many missiles everyday... If everyone is terminally ill, what's the point of a "missile defense program"?

And as for China, what the hell do they need to attack us with missiles for? They already own our economy. All they'd have to do is stop trading with us and our whole economy would go to shit from the lack of cheap prison labor.

In short, pull your head out of your ass and realize that the Military Industrial Complex is a problem, not a solution.