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US Unable To Win a Cyber War
An anonymous reader writes "The inability to deflect even a simulated cyber attack or mitigate its effects shown in an exercise that took place some six days ago at Washington's Mandarin Oriental Hotel doesn't bode well for the US. Mike McConnell, the former Director of National Intelligence, said to the US Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee yesterday that if the US got involved in a cyber war at this moment, they would surely lose. 'We're the most vulnerable. We're the most connected. We have the most to lose,' he stated. Three years ago, McConnell referred to cybersecurity as the 'soft underbelly of this country' and it's clear that he thinks things haven't changed much since then."
I already block Large blocks of IPs from china/russia.
Then it's a good thing that hackers don't know how to use proxies or make zombie machines. You are perfectly safe!
The team lost the wargame, and was punished by having to be interviewed by Wolf Blitzer.
A bunch of useless politicians failed? A pity seppuku is not in style.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seppuku
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