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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. Re:Bloggers eh? by schmu_20mol · · Score: 2, Informative

    From TFA (BBC):

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

    There was no effect on the internet.

    ... read: they played in a sandbox far away from the real deal.

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    "Nae Kin! Nae Quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna be fooled again!"