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Government Cyber Storm Ends

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the guess-who-is-to-blame dept.

Bemmu writes "Mainichi Daily News and BBC News are reporting that the 'Cyber Storm' operation, for testing how prepared America is for fending off cyber attacks, has now concluded. Apparently they even used bloggers as part of the operation, as relayers of misinformation!"

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  1. Misinformation? by Winlin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are you trying to tell me bloggers aren't reliable??? My whole worldview has come crashing down.

  2. Lies! by elleomea · · Score: 5, Funny

    Clearly it han't ended and slashdot is just being used for misinformation!

  3. Internet attack? by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 4, Funny
    "It was carried out on secure computers in the basement of the Secret Service in Washington DC."

    Sounds realistic...

    1. Re:Internet attack? by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 4, Funny

      "It was carried out on secure computers in the basement of the Secret Service in Washington DC." Sounds realistic...

      Dude, the simulation is supposed to be accurate, remember? I bet the SS guys playing the 3v1l h4x0rs even drew pimples on their faces, wore CCC-branded shirts, didn't wash for 2 weeks, bought the latest issue of 2600 and messed up the basement with old slices of pizza before doing their simulated deeds...

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    2. Re:Internet attack? by mister_llah · · Score: 3, Funny

      It'd be even more realistic if those agents were morbidly obese, unshaven, and unshowered...

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  4. "Apparently they even used bloggers..." by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Man, I am so linking to this.

  5. Press Release by iphayd · · Score: 2, Funny

    We are not wiretapping without warrants, this was just "misinformation" that was leaked to America to see how "gullible" they are. Of course, this official press release is completely legitamate and not consisting of misinformation.

    - Emperor Bush

    1. Re:Press Release by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      ...this was just "misinformation" that was leaked to America to see how "gullible" they are.

      Maybe this explains the existence of Fox news also?

  6. This just in... by coastin · · Score: 5, Funny

    After thinking that the Internet had doged a bullet from the Cyber Storm of the century, reports are now coming in that several cyber levys have been breeched and the internet is filling with spam.

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  7. Crack by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder what happens when they use crackers instead of hackers.

  8. Bloggers in a basement by pigreco314 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "It was carried out on secure computers in the basement of the Secret Service in Washington DC."
    How many bloggers can be crammed into the basement of the Secret Service in Washington?

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  9. Quick - someone save the internet by MECC · · Score: 4, Funny

    "The Internet survived, even against fictional abuses against the world's computers."

    I've got this picture of DHS undercover agents running around screaming "the sky is falling, the sky is falling!", and then making chicken-clucking noises. Nobody panics, and they proclaim "Right then, all is well".

    My tax dollars hard at work...

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  10. Why then... by audioinfektion · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is the data light on my internet connection still pegged.. Was not before this thing started...

  11. Re:raises the profile of computer security by topham · · Score: 2, Funny

    The real world involves pain and suffering. And that's just the fun stuff.

    The only thing I want fom the RealWorld is a few electrons, and a continuous supply of caffeine.

    And maybe a little less light.

    Now let me get back to my LCD Tan...

  12. Say it's not so! by Hartree · · Score: 1, Funny
    Apparently they even used bloggers as part of the operation, as relayers of misinformation!

    But, but, but... Like, it so HAS to be true! I mean, like, 20 people on my Livejournal friends list linked to it just today.

  13. Slashdot Headlines by DavidD_CA · · Score: 2, Funny
    they even used bloggers as part of the operation, as relayers of misinformation

    Well, that explains most of the recent Slashdot headlines.

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