US Plans Cyber Shield For Private Companies and Utilities

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday July 8, 2010 @04:25AM from the more-power-to-the-shields dept.

wiggles writes "The federal government is launching an expansive program dubbed 'Perfect Citizen' to detect cyber assaults on private companies and government agencies running such critical infrastructure as the electricity grid and nuclear-power plants, according to people familiar with the program. The surveillance by the National Security Agency, the government's chief eavesdropping agency, would rely on a set of sensors deployed in computer networks for critical infrastructure that would be triggered by unusual activity suggesting an impending cyber attack, though it wouldn't persistently monitor the whole system, these people said. How do we feel about NSA spyware in all of our infrastructure?"

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Re:Surveillance by Anonymous Coward · 2010-07-08 06:09 · Score: -1, Flamebait

then we could really catch all those sleepercell terrrrists at home!! yeh1!!
Ok. Yeah. So I get that this is a direct jab at people from the south, and one of our former POTUS.
My question for you is, what kind of accent can you make up for our "non-african", "non-muslim", "non-certificate-of-birth-having" current POTUS?
I hear "Allahalalalalalalalalalalalalala!" everytime he opens his mouth.