US Plans Cyber Shield For Private Companies and Utilities

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:Spyware? Really?

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Anonymous Coward wrote:
>If you are running grow lamps, maybe talking about them in every single post you make to slashdot isn't the way to keep them a secret? Just a thought.

Yeah like I care. (1) I don't have any. (2) In the extremely unlikely event the DEA did show up, I'd just videotape the illegal police breakin, and then get my 15 minutes of fame on Glenn Beck, Rachel Maddown, and Youtube. It's an overall positive. - And thanks for the -1 mod.