Politically Motivated Cyber Attacks

Orome1 writes "According to a new report, 53 percent of critical infrastructure providers report that their networks have experienced what they perceived as politically motivated cyber attacks. Participants of the Symantec survey claimed to have experienced such an attack on an average of 10 times in the past five years, incurring an average cost of $850,000 during a period of five years to their businesses. Participants from the energy industry reported that they were best prepared for such an attack, while participants from the communications industry reported that they were the least prepared."

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Oh yeah?

[Pojut]

What about politically motivated psychological attacks by every politician out there? I have yet to see a single politician try to convince me to vote for them...they always focus on trying to tell my why I shouldn't vote for the other guy.

If politicians were forced to talk about themselves rather than the person they're running against, I think the political climate would be quite different (insofar as how people view officials running for election.) Just talking trash about the other guy makes me not want to vote for you, regardless of how much I agree with your opinions, policies, or intentions.