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Government-Sponsored Cyberattacks on the Rise
jbrodkin writes "A new McAfee report finds that 120 countries, notably the United States and China, are regularly launching Web-based espionage campaigns. Government-sponsored cyber attacks against enemy countries are becoming more common, targeting critical systems including electricity, air traffic control, financial markets and government computer networks. This year, Russia allegedly attacked Estonian government news and bank servers, while China was accused of hacking into the Pentagon. A McAfee researcher says this trend will accelerate, noting 'it's easier to attack government X's database than it is to nuke their troops.'"
But it's easier on the environment, too!!
The simple truth is that interstellar distances will not fit into the human imagination
- Douglas Adams
Theoretical physics has that luxury, dealing in pure abstraction. All reality may be ineffable, indeed, but human communication is diachronic, as is human attention.
We are dealing in the interactions of collections of particles called beings; rather, collections of those collections.
Your comment floored me, but on second glance it is at once right as rain and false as a wooden nickel.
illegitimii non ingravare
Me: So, why is my internet out this time?
Tech Support: Um, let me check. (spins the wheel of random technical failures) Looks like acid rain. Sorry.
Me: That's what you told me last time! I think you're lying to me!
Tech Support: Ok, let me check it again. (spins the wheel) Ok, it's actually a government sponsored cyber attack.
Me: Gah.